The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist) oya there are many different practices

there are many different practices and innumerable variants of common myths and tales

Nishat has a decision to make: stay in the closet for her family

addition and subtraction of decimals

and how mirages happen

The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist) oya there are many different practicesThis award winning novel from the author of Memory Piece is a moving story of how a boy comes into his own when everything he loves is taken away, and how a mother learns to live with the mistakes of the past. One morning, Deming Guos mother, Polly, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, goes to her job at a nail salonand never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother gone, eleven year old Deming is left mystified and bereft.