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Based on the true story of the author who moved from Busan, Korea to the USA forty years previously, this is a wordless picturebook which follows the transition and change that a young boy goes through as he emigrates from his home to a foreign country. The illustrations are incredibly clever and beautifully put together. I enjoyed how Kim uses colour and tone to depict the boy's feelings and frustrations and she also shows the world as frustrating and overwhelming at the start in much the same way Tan does The Arrival.

It is the book's honesty that it welcoming. The transition is hard and quite upsetting to the young boy and could be a very valuable book for others who have undergone the same transition as well as supporting peers to see the world from their perspective.