Book Club kit : Our missing hearts
(Book Club Kit)
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Published
Prescott, Arizona : Prescott Public Library, 2023.
Physical Desc
(volumes) : + 1 discussion guide
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Book Club Kit
Language
English
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"From the number one bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, a deeply suspenseful and heartrending novel about the unbreakable love between a mother and child in a society consumed by fear. Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in Harvard University's library. Bird knows to not ask too many questions, stand out too much, or stray too far. For a decade, their lives have been governed by laws written to preserve 'American culture' in the wake of years of economic instability and violence. To keep the peace and restore prosperity, the authorities are now allowed to relocate children of dissidents, especially those of Asian origin, and libraries have been forced to remove books seen as unpatriotic--including the work of Bird's mother, Margaret, a Chinese American poet who left the family when he was nine years old. Bird has grown up disavowing his mother and her poems; he doesn't know her work or what happened to her, and he knows he shouldn't wonder. But when he receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, he is drawn into a quest to find her. His journey will take him back to the many folktales she poured into his head as a child, through the ranks of an underground network of librarians, into the lives of the children who have been taken, and finally to New York City, where a new act of defiance may be the beginning of much-needed change. Our Missing Hearts is an old story made new, of the ways supposedly civilized communities can ignore the most searing injustice. It's a story about the power--and limitations--of art to create change, the lessons and legacies we pass on to our children, and how any of us can survive a broken world with our hearts intact"--,Provided by publisher.
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LC Subjects
Asian Americans -- Fiction.
Book clubs (Discussion groups).
Chinese Americans -- Fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Government, Resistance to -- Fiction.
Librarians -- Fiction.
Mothers and sons -- Fiction.
Novels.
Prohibited books -- United States -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Racism against Asians -- Fiction.
Racism against Asians -- United States -- Fiction.
Book clubs (Discussion groups).
Chinese Americans -- Fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Government, Resistance to -- Fiction.
Librarians -- Fiction.
Mothers and sons -- Fiction.
Novels.
Prohibited books -- United States -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Racism against Asians -- Fiction.
Racism against Asians -- United States -- Fiction.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ng, C. (2023). Book Club kit: Our missing hearts . Prescott Public Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ng, Celeste. 2023. Book Club Kit: Our Missing Hearts. Prescott Public Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ng, Celeste. Book Club Kit: Our Missing Hearts Prescott Public Library, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ng, Celeste. Book Club Kit: Our Missing Hearts Prescott Public Library, 2023.
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Last Update | 2024-04-27 06:25:42AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-04-27 08:00:51AM |
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