Lola was just a baby when her family left the Island, so when she has to draw it for a school assignment, she asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland…and in the process, comes up with a new way of understanding her own heritage.

Featured in WOW Review Volume XI, Issue 1.

Islandborn was featured in WOW Currents Rompiendo nuestra burbuja: An International Perspective on Culturally Specific Literature from the United States.

• ISBN: 9780735229860
• Published: 2018 , Penguin
• Themes: Emmigrants and immigrants, Ethnic Identity, Family life, growing up, Identity
• Descriptors: Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 48