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  • Outsider Kid (Parachute Kids #2)

Outsider Kid
(Parachute Kids #2)

Author
Illustrator
Betty C Tang
Publication Date
April 15, 2025
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  6th − 8th
Language
English
Format
Graphic Novel
Outsider Kid (Parachute Kids #2)

Description

Can one spoiled cousin upend three kids' hard-won happiness and stability? Find out in this hilarious, hair-raising, high stakes companion to the award-winning bestseller Parachute Kids! Perfect for fans of School Trip, A First Time for Everything, and The Tryout.

 

WITH FAMILY LIKE THIS, WHO NEEDS ENEMIES?

After seven months on their own as undocumented immigrants, the Lin siblings have settled into their new lives in California. Jia-Xi (Jesse) has a new job, Ke-Gang (Jason) has a new crush, and Feng-Li (Ann) is excited to celebrate her eleventh birthday with her new friends. Their parents still await visa approval in Taiwan, so the trio is trying to take better care of one another and stay under the radar of immigration authorities. But when their stuck-up cousin Josephine--a violin prodigy--arrives with her privilege and demands, suddenly their world is in turnaround. Will they have to give up the life they worked so hard to achieve?

Publication date
April 15, 2025
Genre
Fiction
Page Count
288
ISBN-13
9781338832716
Lexile Measure
190
Publisher
Graphix
Series
Parachute Kids
BISAC categories
JUV039250 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
JUV011020 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
JUV013070 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings

Kirkus

Starred Review

Tugs at the heartstrings and will spark important, age-appropriate conversations on pertinent, broadly relevant topics.

Betty C Tang
Betty C. Tang is the New York Times bestselling illustrator of the Jacky Ha-Ha series of graphic novels by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein. She has worked for various Hollywood animation studios including Disney TV and Dreamworks Animation, and codirected an animated feature called Where's the Dragon? Betty is also a fourth degree black belt in aikido, a Japanese martial art. Born in Taiwan, Betty immigrated to California as a Parachute Kid when she was ten. She lives in Los Angeles. Learn more about her work at bettyctang.com.
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