- Suicide, Racially mixed people, Grandparents, Artists
When Leigh's mother dies by suicide she leaves only a scribbled note - I want you to remember. Leigh doesn't understand its meaning and wishes she could turn to her best friend, Axel - if only she hadn't kissed him and changed everything between them. Guided by a mysterious red bird, Leigh travels to Taiwan to meet her grandparents for the first time. There, Leigh retreats into art and memories, where colours collide, the rules of reality are broken and the ghosts of the past refuse to rest … But Leigh is determined to unlock her family's secrets. To remember.
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- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Author
- Emily X. R. Pan
- First published
- 2018
- Pages
- 476
- Publisher
- Orion Children's Books, Little Brown & Company
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781510102965
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Emily X.R. Pan is the New York Times bestselling author of THE ASTONISHING COLOR OF AFTER, which won the APALA Honor Award and the Walter Honor Award. It was also a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize, longlisted for the Carnegie Medal, and featured on over a dozen best-of-the-year lists, among other accolades. Emily co-created the FORESHADOW anthology, teaches creative writing, and lives on Lenape land (in the New York City area).
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