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New From Here is a book in the fiction genre that is written by the author, Kelly Yang. This post is a summary of the book New From Here and a little bit about the author, Kelly Yang.

Kelly Yang is an Asian American writer who is a graduate of UC Berkley. She has written many books like the series Front Desk, which contains the books Front Desk, Three Keys, Room to Dream, and Key Player. Kelly Yang also written the books New From Here, the picture book Yes We Will, and young adult novels Parachutes and Private Label.

New From Here is a story about Kelly’s family’s journey through the pandemic. The hard times, and the good times. New From Here is a very honest story about how life is hard.

In the book New From Here, Ten-year-old Knox Wei-Evans doesn’t want to move to California without his dad and dog, but his parents decide that leaving Hong Kong will keep him and his siblings safe from the new virus that is spreading like wildfire across China and Europe. In California, Knox and his siblings Leah and Bowen go through many challenges like racism towards Asians, brother relationship problems, making friends, and keeping their parents close, by trying to bring their dad to California. To get him over, they need to earn money by, organizing a garage sale, helping out a restaurant stay in business, and trying to get him a job.