Losing It In Translation

Name: Losing It In Translation
Brand: Bookreps NZ Limited
SKU: 9781669060345
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By Sheelue Yang

Series: The Nhia Normal

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Eleven-year-old Nhia struggles with anxiety while visiting her non-English speaking grandparents in this installment of the Niah Normal graphic novel series. Eleven-year-old Nhia Silver Lee is visiting her Hmong grandparents, but she doesn't speak their language—at least not very well. Enter: Anxiety. Nhia fears she won't... Read More

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Eleven-year-old Niah is anxious about visiting her non-English speaking grandparents because she doesn't speak Hmong, and she feels they won't be able to communicate with each other.

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Eleven-year-old Nhia struggles with anxiety while visiting her non-English speaking grandparents in this installment of the Niah Normal graphic novel series.

Eleven-year-old Nhia Silver Lee is visiting her Hmong grandparents, but she doesn't speak their language—at least not very well. Enter: Anxiety. Nhia fears she won't be able to connect with her grandparents due to this language barrier. Fortunately, while helping her grandpa on the farm and cooking with her grandmother, Nhia discovers that words aren't the only way to show love.

Written by Hmong American Sheelue Yang, this graphic novel is a darkly humorous, normalizing exploration of coming-of-age anxiety through the lens of an authentic preteen girl.

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Losing It In Translation

Eleven-year-old Nhia struggles with anxiety while visiting her non-English speaking grandparents in this installment of the Niah Normal graphic novel series. Eleven-year-old Nhia Silver Lee is visiting her Hmong grandparents, but she doesn't speak their language—at least not very well. Enter: Anxiety. Nhia fears she won't be able to connect with her grandparents due to this language barrier. Fortunately, while...

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781669060345

Publisher: Capstone Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 August 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Capstone Press

Contributors:

Illustrated by Karen Donnelly

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 32

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Series: The Nhia Normal Sheelue Yang Young Adult

About the Author

Karen Donnelly is a British illustrator with many years' experience in fiction and non fiction. She grew up loving to draw pictures for the books she was reading and still can't believe that she gets to do it for real! She works in a very, very untidy basement studio, in the company of her grumpy Scottie dog.

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