Join in an in-person event with Kelly Yang, author of “New from Here.”
AUTHOR EVENT DETAILS
February 26 @ 8:00 am
Anderson’s Bookshops
Registration Link: https://www.andersonsbookshop.com/event/20th-annual-childrens-breakfast
March 1 @ 5:30 pm
Children’s Book World
10580 1/2 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, California 90064
More Details: https://www.childrensbookworld.com/event/exclusive-kelly-yang-store-meet-greet-new-here-book-launch-tuesday-march-1-530-pm
Join in a virtual event with Kelly Yang, author of “New from Here.”
BOOK DISCUSSION DETAILS
[In Conversation with Jerry Craft]
March 2 @ 5:00 pm
Blue Willow Books
Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ler8hIZkQkGmDyEsGaBbJA
[In Conversation with Kate DiCamillo]
March 3 @ 7:00 pm
The Little Shop of Stories
Get Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kelly-yang-with-kate-dicamillo-tickets-257075568947
About the Author:
Kelly Yang is the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk, winner of the 2019 Asian Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature, Parachutes, and Three Keys. Front Desk also won the Parents’ Choice Gold Medal, was the 2019 Global Read Aloud, and has earned numerous other honors including being named a best book of the year by Amazon, The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and NPR. Learn more at KellyYang.com.
About the Book:
From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a poignant middle grade novel about courage, hope, and resilience as an Asian American boy fights to keep his family together and stand up to racism during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus.
When the coronavirus hits Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox Wei-Evans’s mom makes the last-minute decision to move him and his siblings back to California, where they think they will be safe. Suddenly, Knox has two days to prepare for an international move—and for leaving his dad, who has to stay for work.
At his new school in California, Knox struggles with being the new kid. His classmates think that because he’s from Asia, he must have brought over the virus. At home, Mom just got fired and is panicking over the loss of health insurance, and Dad doesn’t even know when he’ll see them again, since the flights have been cancelled. And everyone struggles with Knox’s blurting-things-out problem.
As racism skyrockets during COVID-19, Knox tries to stand up to hate, while finding his place in his new country. Can you belong if you’re feared; can you protect if you’re new? And how do you keep a family together when you’re oceans apart? Sometimes when the world is spinning out of control, the best way to get through it is to embrace our own lovable uniqueness.
