by Kelly Yang · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9781398505001
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«New from Here» is the young adult novel by Kelly Yang, published by Simon & Schuster Children's UK in paperback (368 pages, in English).
Ten-year-old Knox moves from Hong Kong to California with his mother and siblings after the outbreak of COVID-19; his father stays behind for work. At his new school he suffers racism and at home his mother loses her job. The novel, inspired by a true story, is about identity, family and resilience.
Published in 2022, the novel was No. 1 on the New York Times and won the California Young Readers Medal (Intermediate category, 2025); it was also nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award.
Recommended for preteen and young readers, and for adults interested in stories about family, immigration and racism.
Kelly Yang is an Asian American writer known primarily for her novels for children. She won the 2018 Parents' Choice Gold Medal for Fiction and the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for her first novel, Front Desk, and has since also written fiction for young adults and adults.
