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Prairie lotus / Linda Sue Park.

Park, Linda Sue, (author.).

Summary:

Prairie Lotus is a powerful, touching, multilayered book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becoming a dressmaker in her father's shop, and making at least one friend. Acclaimed, award-winning author Linda Sue Park has placed a young half-Asian girl, Hanna, in a small town in America's heartland, in 1880. Hanna's adjustment to her new surroundings, which primarily means negotiating the townspeople's almost unanimous prejudice against Asians, is at the heart of the story. Narrated by Hanna, the novel has poignant moments yet sparkles with humor, introducing a captivating heroine whose wry, observant voice will resonate with readers. In Dakota Territory in the 1880s, half-Chinese Hanna and her white father face racism and resistance to change as they try to make a home for themselves. Includes author's note.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781432883249 (hardback)
  • ISBN: 1432883240 (hardback)
  • Physical Description: 311 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: Large Print edition.
  • Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, [2020]

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General Note:
Unabridged.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG 55.2 7.0 507816.
Awards Note:
Asian/Pacific American Award honor, 2021

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Subject: Racially mixed people > Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life > Dakota Territory > Fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.
Dressmaking > Fiction.
Dakota Territory > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Large print books.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.

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  • School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2020 March

    Gr 5–8—Fourteen-year-old Hanna and her father move to the frontier town of LaForge, where Hanna hopes they can finally put down permanent roots. Since her mother's death three years earlier, Hanna and her father have traveled from town to town, trying to find a place they will be accepted. Will LaForge be the place where Hanna can finally go to school and make friends? Or will they have to leave just like every other place because the townspeople are afraid of a girl who is half Chinese? At moments stingingly painful and ultimately triumphant, this story will cause readers to look at frontier life with a new set of eyes. Racism, immigration, Native American reservations, invisible histories, and parental loss are just a few of the heavy topics Park plumbs with grace while making them accessible for young readers. Hanna is a relatable heroine struggling to overcome ignorance and racism both firmly and kindly, all while seeking what she most desperately wants—acceptance for who she is. VERDICT A sometimes uncomfortable yet triumphant story from the world of "Little House on the Prairie" told through a marginalized perspective; this is a must-read for middle grades and beyond.—Emily Beasley, Omaha Public Schools

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