Sugar in milk.
Sugar in milk.
By
:
Umrigar, Thrity N.
Publication Date
:
2020
Subject Term
:
Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.
Homesickness -- Juvenile fiction.
Refugees -- Juvenile fiction.
Loneliness -- Juvenile fiction.
Aunts -- Juvenile fiction.
Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction.
Iranian Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction.
Additional Contributors
:
Le, Khoa, 1982- ,
Summary
:
A young immigrant girl joins her aunt and uncle in a new country that is unfamiliar to her. She struggles with loneliness, with a fierce longing for the culture and familiarity of home, until one day, her aunt takes her on a walk. As the duo strolls through their city park, the girl's aunt begins to tell her an old myth, and a story within the story begins. A long time ago, a group of refugees arrived on a foreign shore. The local king met them, determined to refuse their request for refuge. But there was a language barrier, so the king filled a glass with milk and pointed to it as a way of saying that the land was full and couldn't accommodate the strangers. Then, the leader of the refugees dissolved sugar in the glass of milk.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780762495191
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Corner Brook (WCB) | Juv Picture Bk | Juvenile Picture Book | X UMR | Checked In |
Mount Pearl (AMP) R. King | Juv Picture Bk | Juvenile Picture Book | X UMR | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | Juv Picture Bk | Juvenile Picture Book | X UMR | Checked In |