Bibliograph

The astonishing color of after, Emily X. R. Pan

Type

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The astonishing color of after, Emily X. R. Pan

Language

eng

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Intended audience

HL670L, Lexile

Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

The astonishing color of after

Medium

sound recording audiobook download

Music parts

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Responsibility statement

Emily X. R. Pan

Summary

Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird.Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship with her grandparents. And as she grieves, she must try to reconcile the fact that on the same day she kissed her best friend and longtime secret crush, Axel, her mother was taking her own life.Alternating between real and magic, past and present, friendship and romance, hope and despair, The Astonishing Color of After is a stunning and heartbreaking novel about finding oneself through family history, art, grief, and love

Target audience

adolescent

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Contributor

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