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Islandborn, Junot Díaz ; illustrated by Leo Espinosa

eng

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Elementary Grade600, LexileStructure indicator: 90 (high), Syntactic indicator: 90 (high), Semantic indicator: 90 (high), Decoding indicator: 90 (high), Lexile

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Islandborn

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Junot Díaz ; illustrated by Leo Espinosa

Accelerated Reader AR, LG, 3.4, 0.5, 194007.Accelerated Reader, 3.4.

"Lola was just a baby when her family left the Island, so when she has to draw it for a school assignment, she asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland ... and in the process, comes up with a new way of understanding her own heritage"--, Provided by publisher"So when Lola's teacher asks the students to draw a picture of where their families immigrated from, all the kids are excited. Except Lola. She can't remember The Island--she left when she was just a baby. But with the help of her family and friends, and their memories--joyous, fantastical, heartbreaking, and frightening--Lola's imagination takes her on an extraordinary journey back to The Island. As she draws closer to the heart of her family's story, Lola comes to understand the truth of her abuela's words: "Just because you don't remember a place doesn't mean it's not in you.", Gloriously illustrated and lyrically written, Islandborn is a celebration of creativity, diversity, and our imagination's boundless ability to connect us--to our families, to our past and to ourselves"--Penguin Random House

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Island born