Bibliograph

The astonishing color of after, Emily X.R. Pan

Type

Label

The astonishing color of after, Emily X.R. Pan

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Young adult

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The astonishing color of after

Oclc number

993419947

Responsibility statement

Emily X.R. Pan

Summary

After her mother's suicide, grief-stricken Leigh Sanders travels to Taiwan to stay with grandparents she never met, determined to find her mother who she believes turned into a birdLeigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: when her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird. When she travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time, Leigh is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship with her grandparents. And as she grieves, she must try to reconcile the fact that on the same day she kissed her longtime secret crush, Axel, her mother was taking her own life

Target audience

adolescent

Classification