{"product_id":"9780385739795","title":"The Language Inside","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA nuanced novel in verse that explores identit, friendship, love, loss, and home in a multicultural world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Emma Karas, Japan is home. It is where she has lived almost her entire life. But when her mother falls ill, Emma’s family moves in with her grandmother, back in Massachusetts. Emma is desperately homesick. She feels out of place in the U.S. and starts to get painful migraines. Then Emma begins volunteering at a long-term care center, helping a patient, Zena, write down her poems. There, Emma meets Samnang, a cute boy from her high school. As the weeks pass, Emma and Samnang grow close. But when Emma is given the choice, will she stay in Massachusetts, or return home to Japan?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection\u003cbr\u003eA Bankstreet Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA Notable Books for a Global Society Selection\u003cbr\u003eA Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“With \u003cb\u003ebeautiful \u003c\/b\u003elanguage and \u003cb\u003edeep \u003c\/b\u003esensitivity, Holly Thompson explores the courage it takes to find your own voice.” —Patricia McCormick, author of National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eNever Fall Down\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pulsing with pain and passion, with \u003cb\u003ehumor\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eheart\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003ehope\u003c\/b\u003e.” —Sonya Sones, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat My Mother Doesn’t Know\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTo Be Perfectly Honest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e“Thompson captures perfectly the feeling of belonging elsewhere. A \u003cb\u003esensitive \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003ecompelling\u003c\/b\u003e read that will inspire teens to contemplate how they can make a difference.” —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eStarred\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Thompson nimbly braids political tragedy, natural disaster, PTSD, connections among families, and a cautious, quiet romance into an elegant whole. This is an \u003cb\u003eartistic \u003c\/b\u003epicture of devastation, fragility, bonds and choices.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Thompson, working in a free-verse style that becomes a seamless piece of a world imbued with poetry, weaves [the plot strands] together skillfully. The result is a \u003cb\u003etouching \u003c\/b\u003eportrait of Emma working through loss and opportunity as Lowell becomes not just “not-Japan,” but the site of new connections and a possible \u003cb\u003eromance\u003c\/b\u003e.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The \u003cb\u003evivid\u003c\/b\u003e imagery in the lyrical free verse lends immediacy to Emma’s turbulent feelings. Readers will finish the book knowing that, like Zena, the Cambodian refugees, and the tsunami victims, Emma has the strength to ‘a hundred times fall down \/ a hundred and one times get up.’” —\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Children's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010986852592,"sku":"9780385739795","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780385739795_p0.jpg?v=1763695169","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780385739795","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}