Trouble Sam Kirk of people and families crossing

of people and families crossing the Pacific Ocean in search of escape

The 2023 Pura Belpré Award-winning young adult novel

see the classic tale in a whole new light

” –Booki Vivat

and spends all her time with Riley

Trouble Sam Kirk of people and families crossingHenry Smiths father told him that if you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you. But Trouble comes careening down the road one night in the form of a pickup truck that strikes Henrys older brother, Franklin. In the truck is Chay Chouan, a young Cambodian from Franklins preparatory school, and the accident sparks racial tensions in the schooland in the well established town where Henrys family has lived for