bFrom the iNew York Times ibestselling author of iFront Desk icomes a involving, realistic iBooklisti, starred review middle grade novel about a young girl who leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five years apart, and learns about family, friendship, and the power of being finally seen.b piMy sister got to grow up with my parents. Me I grew up with postcards from my parents.i pWhen ten-year-old Lina Gao steps off the plane in Los Angeles, it's her first time in America iand ithe first time seeing her parents and her little sister in five years! She's been waiting for this moment every day while she lived with her grandmother in Beijing, getting teased by kids at school who called her left behind girl. iFinallyi, her parents are ready for her to join their fabulous life in America! Except, it's not exactly like in the postcards p1. School's a lot harder than she thought. When she mispronounces some words in English on the first day, she decides she simply won't talk.