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Simone

Viet Thanh Nguyen

Illustrator: Minnie Phan

Ages: 6+

Published: 2024

Publisher: MinervaAstra Publishing House

ISBN: 978-1-6626-5119-9

Keywords: Contemporary Issues-Floods, incarcerated workers, art, friendship

While California wildfires rage, Simone and her Vietnamese immigrant family shelter in a high school gym, finding community with other evacuees. Monochrome spreads contrast with undulating colored pencil and watercolor illustrations.