Worthy: The Brave and Capable Life of Joseph Pierce

by Andrea Wang

Written by the author of the Caldecott and Newbery honor-winning picture book Watercress, and marking the impressive debut of illustrator Youa Vang, here is the true story of a man of indomitable spirit. In the mid-nineteenth century, an impoverished farmer from Canton, China, sold his young son to an American sea captain, Amos Peck. The boy, dubbed "Joe," worked on the ship for months, not knowing if his fate was to do so forever. Or would...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1646145577
• ISBN13: 9781646145577
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Levine Querido
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.8" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3