![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher. Henry Holt and Company Books for Young Readers, 2019. Henry Khoos family treats him like a baby. How can we understand others when words don’t connect us?īook info: Pie in the Sky, by Remy Lai. In Fly on the Wall, a moving and hilarious diary-style illustrated novel from the award-winning author of Pie in the Sky, a twelve-year-old boy goes on a (forbidden) solo adventure halfway around the world to prove his independence to his overprotective family. Illustrated middle grade novel with so much heart! (and fantastically yummy descriptions of Papa’s cakes) Will he be held back at school to be in little brother’s class next year!? Why can’t Jingwen understand English better? Why? In her moving, laugh-out-loud debut illustrated novel, Remy Lai brings to life the story of a young immigrant who feels lost but, through brotherhood. Why did Mama decide to emigrate, even after Papa died? Only remembering Papa’s special cakes makes him happy (and sad), so he decides to bake each one, just as Papa taught him back in the family bakery after all the plain, inexpensive ones were done. Or maybe a ghost, since his classmates hardly include him in anything because he’s so quiet. Jingwen feels like like an alien when Mom moves him and little brother to Australia, especially when Yanghao picks up English so much faster than he can. Remy Lais hilarious, moving middle-grade debut, with its pitch-perfect writing, makes for a scrumptious audiobook adaptation. ![]()
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