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    On the Block: Stories of Home
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    On the Block: Stories of Home
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    On the Block: Stories of Home

    Published by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group

    Narrated by Yasmin Mwanza, Eli Schiff, Ulka Simone Mohanty and

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    About this audiobook

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories, comes an inspiring middle-grade anthology that follows the loosely interconnected lives of multigenerational immigrant families, the residents at the Entrada apartment building. Edited by Ellen Oh, a founding member of WNDB.

    "The beauty of their shared home does not come from any single person, but instead from the sum of their experiences" -Meg Medina, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature

    A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

    12 Families. 12 Cultures. 1 Building.

    Welcome to the Entrada, home to these everyday Americans, including
    • the new kid on the block, who is both homesick and curious
    • a Popsicle-bridge builder, a ghost hunter, and a lion dancer
    • their families, friends, and neighbors from all around the world!

    Published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books, this anthology features award-winning authors Tracey Baptiste, David Bowles, Adrianna Cuevas, Sayantani DasGupta, Debbi Michiko Florence, Adam Gidwitz, Erin Entrada Kelly, Minh Lê, Ellen Oh, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Andrea Wang, and Jasmine Warga. These inspiring stories celebrate family, friendship, culture, and American immigrant life today.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
    Release dateOct 22, 2024
    ISBN9780593916001
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