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My Brother Is Away

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Binding: Hardcover
Picture Books
List Price: $24.98
Our Price: $5.40 $3.90 CAD
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ISBN: 9780593127162
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Language: English
Page Count: 40
Publication Date: 10/11/2022
Size: 11.31" l x 10.38" w x 0.6
Series: N/A

In this moving picture book, a young girl reflects on the emotions and challenges of growing up with a brother who is incarcerated. This touching story is filled with vivid illustrations and is based on the author’s childhood experiences.

An NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Honor BookNPR Best Book of the Year


With her older brother in prison, a young girl copes with the confusing feelings his absence creates. At times she remembers the way her brother would carry her on his shoulders or how he would make up stories to tell her at bedtime. Other times she feels angry and wants to fly so far away that she can forget what happened.

When her Mama and Daddy take her on the 500-mile journey to visit him, a trip she knows not all families are able to make, the girl is excited but also nervous. But the nerves turn to joy when she sees him—everything is different, but everything is the same too. Her brother is not home, but his love hasn’t changed.  

With words that are spare, gentle, and reassuring, this picture book will help young readers with similar stories feel less alone and give other readers a window into the struggles some children face.

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