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Grace’s grandmother has died, and she and her mother must travel back to the Cambodian community to give her a proper Cambodian funeral. Grace wants to use the trip to solve a few mysteries, like who her father was, why her mother and grandmother moved from St. Petersburg to Pennsylvania, where they’re the only Cambodians Grace has ever seen, and what Cambodian culture is really about. Embraced by her mother’s old friends, Grace feels both at home and lost, fascinated by the traditions she’s never known, but strangely judged by some members of the community.
Related: Asia, Cambodia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, United States
- ISBN: 9780385735001
- Author: Ly, Many
- Published: 2008, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
- Themes: Culture, Identity, immigrant, Tradition, Travel
- Descriptors: Asia, Cambodia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, United States
- No. of pages: 272