An American Face
Illustrator
Frances Clancy
Publisher
Child & Family Press
Publication Year
2000
ISBN
9780878687183
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Adopted from Korea by American parents, Jessie excitedly waits for the day he will get his American citizenship and, he thinks, an American face.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Adoption; Interracial; adopted child; adoptive family; international adoption; interracial/transracial adoption
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
Asian (Korean) / White
Family Formation
adoptive mother and father
Keywords
Korean American; Korea; citizenship; cat; acceptance
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Czech, Jan M. and Clancy, Frances, "An American Face" (2000). Diverse Families. 41.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/41