![]() Author and poet Marilyn Singer explains in an article, “A reverso is a poem with two halves. It’s a reverso, also called a reverse poem. The thing that blew my mind about AMAH FARAWAY is its structure. Kylie and Amah’s weekly video chats (l.) and Kylie and her mom on the plane (r.) Kylie and her mom finally arrive in Taipei (l.), where things are both strange and familiar (r.). She doesn’t understand everything her Amah says in Mandarin and is overwhelmed by a large banquet, new foods, and new sights. But once they get there, Kylie is hesitant and shy. ![]() Although they connect online every Saturday, “…video chats weren’t the same as real life.” One day, Kylie and her mom take the looonnnggg flight across the Pacific to visit Amah. Young Kylie lives with her mom in San Francisco while her grandmother, Amah, lives in Taiwan, an ocean away. Bloomsbury Children’s Books, January 2022. AMAH FARAWAY by Margaret Chiu Greanias, illustrated by Tracy Subisak. ![]() ![]() This book explores the feeling of living in and between two cultures in a heartfelt but fun and lively way. ![]() I wish I’d picked up a copy of AMAH FARAWAY by Margaret Chiu Greanias and illustrated by Tracy Subisak before I presented to bilingual and ESL educators a couple of weeks ago. ![]()
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