Description

From APALA-winning author and Guggenheim Fellow Kao Kalia Yang, a middle-grade debut about a Hmong American boys struggle to find a place for himself in America and in the world of his ancestors.

Malcolm is the youngest child of Hmong refugees, and he was born over a decade after his youngest sibling, giving him a unique perspective on his complicated immigrant family.

In the first part of the story, we meet Malcolm as an elementary school kid through the eyes of the adults in his lifehis parents and siblings, but also the white teachers at his Minnesota schools. As middle school begins, we encounter Malcolm in his own words, and suddenly we see that this quiet, slow Hmong boy is anything but. Malcolm is a gifted collector of his familys stories and tireless seeker of his own place within an evolving Hmong American culture, and his journey toward becoming a shaman like his grandparents before him is inspiring and revelatory.

Author: Kao Kalia Yang
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 07/15/2025
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781984816351
Language: English