The leavers :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
338 pages ; 24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Production / Publication Information
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2017.
Summary
"One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. Set in New York and China, the Leavers is the story of how one boy comes into his own when everything he's loved has been taken away--and how a mother learns to live with the mistakes of her past"--
Call Number
FICTION KO
Publication Date
2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781616206888 9781616208042
The leavers :
Author
Format:
Sound recording
Physical Description
1 audio media player (15 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Edition
Unabridged.
Production / Publication Information
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2017]
Summary
One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. They rename him Daniel Wilkinson in their efforts to make him over into their version of an 'all-American boy.'
Call Number
PLAYAWAY FIC KO
Publication Date
2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781509458011
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The leavers
Author
Format:
Large print
Physical Description
603 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Edition
Large print edition.
Production / Publication Information
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2017.
Summary
One morning Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. Far from everything he's ever know, Daniel struggles to reconcile his new life with memories of his mother and his past.
Call Number
LP FIC KO, L.
Publication Date
2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781432841188
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