I loved this memoir about Robin Ha's experience as young immigrant arriving in the U.S., away from her home culture and language in Korea. Her inability to communicate with peers and her isolation and bullying that she endures as the sole "foreign kid" was heartbreaking, but we also see her mother's strength and determination as a single Korean mom and desire to break the patriarchal model she's been forced to follow back in Korea. And we see how Robin begins to blossom under the friendship of 1-2 kids, a kind and supportive English teacher, and art classes, where she does not need language to communicate what she is feeling. Really wonderful, and would make for an excellent all class read for middle schoolers or early high school.