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The magic fish / Trung Le Nguyen.
"Real life isn't a fairytale. But Tiến still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tiến, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is there a Vietnamese word for what he's going through? Is there a way to tell them he's gay?"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781984851598
- ISBN: 1984851594
- ISBN: 9780593125298
- ISBN: 0593125290
- ISBN: 9781984851604
- ISBN: 1984851608
- Physical Description: 229 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : RH Graphic, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 12 and up. RH Graphic. Grades 7-9. RH Graphic. HL400L Lexile Decoding demand: 86 (very high) Semantic demand: 99 (very high) Syntactic demand: 61 (high) Structure demand: 86 (very high) Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 3 1 510612. |
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| Genre: | Graphic novels. Comics (Graphic works) Gay comics. Coming-of-age comics. |
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The Magic Fish : (a Graphic Novel)
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The Magic Fish : (a Graphic Novel)
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by New York Public Library . Kirkus Reviews . Booklist . Publishers Weekly In this gorgeous debut graphic novel, fairy tales are the only way one boy can communicate with his Vietnamese immigrant parents. But how will he find the words to tell them that he's gay? A powerful read about family, identity and the enduring magic of stories. "One of the most astounding graphic novels of the year" -Entertainment Weekly Tien and his mother may come from different cultures-she's an immigrant from Vietnam still struggling with English; he's been raised in America-but through the fairy tales he checks out from the local library, those differences are erased. But as much as Tien's mother's English continues to improve as he reads her tales of love, loss, and travel across distant shores, there's one conversation that still eludes him-how to come out to her and his father. Is there even a way to explain what he's going through in Vietnamese? And without a way to reveal his hidden self, how will his parents ever accept him? This beautifully illustrated graphic novel speaks to the complexity of family and how stories can bring us together even when we don't know the words. "A lyrical masterpiece." -BuzzFeed
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