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Mama's nightingale : a story of immigration and separation / by Edwidge Danticat ; illustrated by Leslie Staub.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2015]Description: {32} p. : col. ill ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780525428091
  • 0525428097
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • [E] 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.D2385 Mam 2015
Summary: When Saya's mother is sent to jail as an illegal immigrant, she sends her daughter a cassette tape with a song and a bedtime story, which inspires Saya to write a story of her own--one that just might bring her mother home.
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When Saya's mother is sent to jail as an illegal immigrant, she sends her daughter a cassette tape with a song and a bedtime story, which inspires Saya to write a story of her own--one that just might bring her mother home.

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