Danticat, Edwidge,

Mama's nightingale : a story of immigration and separation / by Edwidge Danticat ; illustrations by Leslie Staub. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

When Saya's mother is sent to jail as an illegal immigrant, she sends her daughter a cassette tape with a song and a bedtime story, which inspires Saya to write a story of her own--one that just might bring her mother home.

ISBN: 9780525428091 (hardcover : acidfree paper)

LCCN: 2014039868

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mothers and daughters
Separation (Psychology)
Detention of persons
Emigration and immigration
Haitian Americans

LC Class. No.: PZ7.D2385 / Mam 2015

Dewey Class. No.: [E]