Ellen Levine

Books by this author

Henry’s Freedom Box

Ellen Levine

Illustrator:

Kadir Nelson

Age Level:

6-9

Genre:

Fiction, Historical Fiction

Mei Mei loves to think and write and talkin Chinese. But at her school in New York City, everything happensin English. Mei Mei is afraid that if she starts speaking in English, she will lose all that she loves in Chinese, including her friends at home in Hong Kong. Will Mei Mei always hate English as much as she loves Chinese? A humorous and touching story about the difficulty of accepting a new language and home.