Language: G (0 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG; Violence: PG
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - ESSENTIAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Sang Ly (29yo) lives with her husband and their sick son in the dump. They work hard to pay their bills and feed their son, but they’re still behind on rent. And then Sang Ly is given an opportunity to learn how to read, which would make it possible to teach her son to read and improve his life—if she can overcome the obstacles that stand between them and that hopeful future.
This amazing tale is based on a true story, and Wright has adapted it for young readers, but I felt so much hope and inspiration from Sang Ly’s story that I am going to read the full version next to get all the details left out of this version. Sang Ly—and readers—learn the lessons that come from life’s difficulties, from literature, and from how we choose to react to both. Before this book, I didn’t know that a literal dump could be so beautiful, but it has been.
All of the characters are Cambodian. The mature content rating is for mentions of alcohol abuse. The violence rating is for blood, mentions of gang violence and human trafficking, gun use, and murder.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
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