Rock in My Throat illustrator-Marta Sevilla The children and turkeys giggle

The children and turkeys giggle and gobble

or for play

When Dot and her classmates get an assignment to make a poster about a person they admire

the bears are all that stands between our world and the one that lies beneath

a spirit only she can see won't stop following her

Rock in My Throat illustrator-Marta Sevilla The children and turkeys giggle*SIGNED BOOKPLATE* A powerful true story about the author's own experiences with selective mutism in school. At first, no one noticed when I stopped talking at school. In this moving true story, Kao Kalia Yang shares her experiences as a young Hmong refugee navigating life at home and at school. Having seen the poor treatment her parents received when making their best efforts at speaking English, she no longer speaks at school. Kalia feels as though