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


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
Corner Brook (WCB)Juv Picture BkJuvenile Picture BookX UMRChecked In
Mount Pearl (AMP) R. KingJuv Picture BkJuvenile Picture BookX UMRChecked In
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Juv Picture BkJuvenile Picture BookX UMRChecked In