Why No Goodbye?

by Pamela L. Laskin

Book Overview

Winner of the Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize
What happens to the child left behind? Jubair's family is stuck in Myanmar, until his mother escapes--with three out of four children. On the cusp of adolescence, the young boy--interned to a farmer--is filled with rage. Jubair is left to sleep in the woods and fend for himself. He does not know how to read and write, so why does his mother even bother smuggling in these letters? Jubair begins...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1948585065
• ISBN13: 9781948585064
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Leapfrog Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 13 to 16 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 11