ISBN: 9781534488847
Editorial: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Autor: Marr, Shirley
Año de edición: 2022
N° Paginas: 272
Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
Descripción: “Heart-twisting and hopeful, bursting with big feelings and gentle magic.” —Jessica Townsend, New York Times bestselling author of the Nevermoor seriesA moving coming-of-age story about one girl’s bravery and imagination in the face of the unknown. Perfect for fans of Front Desk and Mañanaland.Meixing Lim and her family have arrived at the New House in the New Land. Her parents inherited the home from First Uncle who died tragically and unexpectedly while picking oranges in the backyard. Her mama likes to remind Meixing the family never could have afforded to move here otherwise, so she should be thankful for this opportunity.Everything is vast and unknown to Meixing in this supposedly wonderful place. She is embarrassed by her secondhand clothing, has trouble understanding her peers, and is finding it hard to make new friends. Meixing’s only solace is a rundown greenhouse, that her uncle called his glasshouse, at the far end of her backyard that inexplicably holds the sun and the moon and the secrets of her memory and imagination.When her fragile universe is rocked by tragedy, it will take all of Meixing’s resilience and bravery to finally find her place of belonging in this new world.Review"A Glasshouse of Stars is heart-twisting and hopeful, bursting with big feelings and gentle magic. This is a special book from a powerful, compassionate new voice in children’s literature, destined to be read and loved for generations and held close in many hearts (including mine)." -- Jessica Townsend, New York Times bestselling author of the Nevermoor series"A Glasshouse of Stars is a rare and beautiful masterpiece; deeply heartfelt, dreamily magical, and glitteringly hopeful. I adored it!" -- Sophie Anderson ― author of The House with Chicken Legs* "A gorgeous meditation on the immigrant experience, the nebulous idea of home, and the beauty and sorrow found in every life and person." -- Booklist, STARRED REVIEWAbout the AuthorShirley Marr is the author of Little Jiang, Fury, Preloved, A Glasshouse of Stars, and All Four Quarters of the Moon. Shirley lives in Perth, Australia, with her family. Learn more at ShirleyMarr.net.Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.Chapter One: House CHAPTER ONE HouseYou have arrived for a better life at the New House in the New Land. It has been a long journey, the first time you’ve ever been on an airplane. It was nerve-racking when they checked the suitcases at the airport, even though your family has next to no possessions, let alone anything to hide. You didn’t know what big meant until you saw the city with the glass towers that touched the sky, the suburbs with houses so close together. You tell yourself everything is going to be fine. The hardest part is over. You made it.You’re all too scared to go inside. First Uncle could be in there. He insisted on a funeral as per the local customs of this land—one that possibly didn’t include the ritual of telling him he was now dead, so he might have come home unaware.Ma Ma’s knuckles are white from grasping the yellow protective talisman with both hands. Ba Ba pretends superstitions are for ignorant people. He inserts the key into the door. He doesn’t turn the handle.The rag doll that Ma Ma made out of an old rice sack is clasped tightly in your arms—you are much too old for her anymore, but she’s all you have. You stare up at the huge white columns propping up the crumbly tofu triangle of a roof. The long drop down to earth from the winding stone staircase you have climbed creates the same scary feeling in your stomach.You turn instinctively toward Ma Ma’s side as you used to do, to bury your face inside the folds of her dress. But now that she is huge with child, she has taken to gently nudging you away, so you pull away before she does.“I didn’t expect it to be… a mansion,” says Ma Ma.“Houses in the New Land are all supposed to be big. I have been warned,” replies Ba Ba.You stare
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