num_pages: 192
description: This stunning wordless graphic novel follows a young girl in the 1960s who immigrates from Cuba to the United States and must redefine what home means to her.Marisol loves her colorful island home. Cuba is vibrant with flowers and food and peoplebut things are changing. The home Marisol loves is no longer safeand then its no longer her home at all. Her parents are sending her to the United States. Alone.Nothing about Marisols new life in cold gray Brooklyn feels like homenot the language school or even her foster parents. But Marisol starts to realize that home isnt always a place. And finding her way can be as simple as staying true to herself.
language: English
title: Isla to Island
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers