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Author:

Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-

Title:

Mama's nightingale : a story of immigration and separation / by Edwidge Danticat ; illustrations by Leslie Staub.

Publisher:

Dial Books for Young Readersan imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Mothers and daughters--Juvenile picture books.
Separation (Psychology)--Juvenile picture books.
Detention of persons--Juvenile picture books.
Emigration and immigration--Juvenile picture books.
Haitian Americans--Juvenile picture books.

Other Authors:

Staub, Leslie, 1957- illustrator.

Summary:

When Saya's mother is sent to jail as an illegal immigrant, she sends her daughter a cassette tape with a song and a bedtime story, which inspires Saya to write a story of her own--one that just might bring her mother home.

ISBN:

0525428097 (lib. bdg.) :
9780525428091 (lib. bdg.) :

LCCN:

2014039868

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