Li on Angel Island

by Veeda Bybee, Andrea Rossetto (Illustrator)

Overview

Li, her mother, and her brother journey from China to America to join their father in San Francisco. But they are detained at the Angel Island immigration center, where Chinese Americans are subject to harsh treatment and questioning. Will Li be able to answer the detailed questions about her former home, and why she wants to come to America? Or will she fail the tests and be deported?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515889656
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2020
Series:	Smithsonian Historical Fiction
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	72
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Veeda Bybee grew up collecting passport stamps and dreaming of castles in far off places. A daughter of Asian immigrants, she has been writing and drawing pictures since she was seven years old. A former journalist, she has an MFA in Creative Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Nevada with her family where she reads, writes and bakes.
Andrea Rossetto was born in 1977 in Italy. Drawing has always been his greatest passion! He has worked as an illustrator since 2004 with companies including Disney, Cambridge University Press, Les Humanoides Associes, Soleil Editions, and Bamboo. He teaches drawing and digital coloring at the International School of Comics in Padua. He has a wife and a son whom he loves a lot, and a box full of dreams!

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