Award-winning author Minh Lê and New York Times bestselling
illustrator Chan Chau team up for a fun and enlightening graphic novel
about one kid's journey to finding inner peace and belonging. Perfect
for fans of Measuring Up and New Kid.
When Bình fights back against a bully who makes fun of his Vietnamese
heritage, he expects to be cheered as the hero. He defeated the bad guy,
right?
Instead, it gets him a stern warning from his vice principal and worried
parents. Now he's stuck on a family trip to a silent meditation retreat.
That means no talking--and no video games!--for a whole weekend. Could
things possibly get any worse?
However, when a nun gathers all the kids to tell them the Jataka
tales--the stories of the Buddha's many past lives--Bình takes a
fantastical dive into his imagination and starts to see himself in these
stories. Will he retreat further into himself, or will he emerge from
the weekend open to change?
With any luck, these next few days will prove more enlightening than he
thought.