Parachute Kids

Ten-year-old Feng Li Lin is so excited for her family's first trip
to the United States! But after an action-packed two weeks, she
and her siblings learn that they will remain indefinitely in California
while first their father and then their mother returns to
Taiwan.

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An extraordinary story about living on your own as 
an undocumented immigrant.
Ten-year-old Feng Li Lin is so excited for her family's first
trip to the United States! But after an action-packed two weeks,
she and her siblings learn that they will remain indefinitely in
California while first their father and then their mother returns
to Taiwan.


Suddenly Feng Li and her siblings are thrust into an alien world
where the fear of being discovered by immigration become a daily
reality.





Parachute Kids digs deep into the hardships and psychological
challenges of being left to fend for yourself in an unfamiliar place,
while celebrating the comical moments and the incredible courage
it takes to make a life on your own.

Betty C. Tang is the New York Times bestselling illustrator of
the Jacky Ha-Ha series of graphic novels by James Patterson
and Chris Grabenstein.