While I Was Away

by Waka T. Brown

Book Overview

Named one of New York Public Library's Best Books of the Year!

The Farewell meets Erin Entrada Kelly's Blackbird Fly in this empowering middle grade memoir from debut author Waka T. Brown, who takes readers on a journey to 1980s Japan, where she was sent as a child to reconnect to her family's roots.

When twelve-year-old Waka's parents suspect she can't understand the basic Japanese they speak to her,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063017113
• ISBN13: 9780063017115
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Quill Tree Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7