Islandborn
Islandborn
by Junot Díaz
Ages 5–8
A girl who left her Caribbean island as a baby asks her family and neighbors what it was like, piecing together a vivid, magical portrait of the home she can't remember.
- Author
- Junot Díaz
- Age
- Ages 5–8
- Type
- Picture Book, Immigration
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Dial Books
- In India
- Available
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