Continental Drifter

By: Kathy MacLeod

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Hardcover | 10 September 2024

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Hardcover
224 Pages

Age
8+

Grade
3 - 7

Dimensions(cm)
22.2 x 15.9 x 1.9

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For fans of Pie in the Sky and Be Prepared comes a charming and relatable graphic memoir from debut author Kathy Macleod.

With a Thai mother and an American father, Kathy lives in two different worlds. She spends most of the year in Bangkok, where she's secretly counting the days till summer vacation. That's when her family travels for 24 hours straight to finally arrive in a tiny seaside town in Maine.

Kathy loves Maine's idyllic beauty and all the exotic delicacies she can't get back home, like clam chowder and blueberry pie. But no matter how hard she tries, she struggles to fit in. She doesn't look like the other kids in this rural New England town. It's even worse at summer camp: everyone keeps mixing her up with the only other Asian girl there. Kathy just wants to find a place where she truly belongs, but she's not sure if it's in America, Thailand...or anywhere.

Industry Reviews

A Junior Library Guild selection

"The simple yet expressive art style is charming and at times poignant, showing the family dynamics and the secrets locked within people's hearts... A heartfelt story honestly and evocatively told." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Readers will be heartened by the message that, while some families don't always seem like they make sense, they still have a lot of love for one another." -Booklist

"A fantastic story about the awkward feelings of being from neither here nor there, which will speak to all immigrant kids and their families." --Dan Santat, National Book Award winner and author of A First Time for Everything

"Heartfelt and honest, this book will have you rooting for little Kathy in her search for belonging."
--Remy Lai, author of Pie in the Sky and Pawcasso

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