Title
Half A World Away
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages
240 pages
Publication Year
2014
ISBN
9781442412750
Genre
realism
Topic
Racial Diversity; Family Relationships; Adoption; Interracial; adopted child; interracial adoption; adoptive parents; adoptive brother; international adoption
Annotation
Twelve-year-old Jaden, an emotionally damaged adopted boy fascinated by electricity, feels a connection to a small, weak toddler with special needs in Kazakhstan, where Jaden's family is trying to adopt a "normal" baby.
Grade Level
6-8
Family Formation
mother and father
Main Character
boy
Diversity Impact
direct
Race/Ethnicities
Kazakhstanian / White
Awards
Best Young Adult Book,2014; Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People,2015; NPR's Book Concierge,2014; Booklist Editors Choice: Books for Youth,2014; Booklist Top 10 Multicultural Fiction for Youth,2015; Choices,2015; Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2015-2016 (Nominee); Georgia Children's Book Award, 2016-2017 (Nominee); Great Lakes Great Books Award, 2015 (Nominee); Lamplighter Award, 2015-2016 (Nominee); Maine Student Book Award, 2015-2016 (Nominee)
Keywords
pyromania; lonliness; troubled youth; hopelessness; love
Item Type
Fiction
Format
novel
STARS Citation
Kadohata, Cynthia, "Half A World Away" (2014). DIVerse Families. 498.
http://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/498