A Step from Heaven

Title: A Step from Heaven
Author: An Na
Genre: Comptemporary Realistic Fiction

You would like this book if:

• You enjoy reading about problems that other families have.
• You want to know more about what it is like to be an immigrant.
• You feel like you have survived a lot as you grew up.
• You like to read books that stirs up emotions.

You wouldn't like this book if:

• You like action as you read.
• You like to read books that have male main characters.
• You only like to read "page-turners".

Young Ju moves to "Mi Gook" when she is just 4 years old, far too young to understand how she will be impacted.  "Mi Gook" is Ju's name for America and demonstrates how little English she understands when she moves to this country.  She immediately starts school and has to work harder than every other student to just catch up.  As time goes on, Ju conquers the academic challenges but her life becomes infintely more complex through the lack of parents' assimilation and her father's alcoholism.  How much can one young immigrant take? 
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