When her two loving parents, Momma Ngoc and Momma Arti (the former likely Vietnamese, like Thuy, and the latter South Asian), join her in this therapeutic imaginary play, together all three become a phoenix, then the Hindu Sarabha, and then a whole new creature-complete with heart-shaped footprints. In “the crisp, white blanket of new snow,” Thuy’s footprints begin to embody animals that she admires: “V” shapes for a cardinal that can fly from danger, deep stomps for a towering grizzly bear, and others. Tran’s bubbly cartoon style excels at Thuy’s many facial expressions. Thuy is Asian and wears an adorable cat hat over her straight, shoulder-length black hair. Graphite-and–digital color illustrations show Thuy sadly walking home from menacing bullies at school.
Thuy wants to overcome the bullies that taunt her.
0 kommentar(er)
