Beautiful Country by Qian Julie WangCall Number: Popular Reading W (1st floor)
Publication Date: 2021-09-07
Country of Origin: China
Immigration to U.S.: 1994
In Chinese the word for the United States, Mei Guo, translates directly to "beautiful country," but when seven-year-old Qian is plucked from her warm and happy childhood surrounded by extended family in China, she finds a world of crushing fear and poverty instead.