Parachute Kids

An extraordinary story about living on your own as an undocumented immigrant.Ten-year-old Feng Li Lin is so excited for her family's firsttrip to the United States! But after an action-packed two weeks,she and her siblings learn that they will remain indefinitely inCalifornia while first their father and then their mother returnsto Taiwan.Suddenly Feng Li and her siblings are thrust into an alien worldwhere the fear of being discovered by immigration become a dailyreality. Parachute Kids digs deep into the hardships and psychologicalchallenges of being left to fend for yourself in an unfamiliar place,while celebrating the comical moments and the incredible courageit takes to make a life on your own.Betty C. Tang is the New York Times bestselling illustrator ofthe Jacky Ha-Ha series of graphic novels by James Pattersonand Chris Grabenstein.