By Morgan Christie Marley Berot

Second Story Press

September 10, 2024

Fiction

Picture Book

ThemesEmotions & Social AwarenessFamily & FriendshipInclusion & DiversityIndigenous Voices

Age / Grade 6-8 / Grades 1-3

Content Bullying Racism and/or racial slurs Xenophobia

The street a young girl lives on is made up of families from all over the world. Her family shares with her their stories of journey and struggle. Her own story begins here in this country, but she is sometimes made to feel she does not belong. She listens to her family’s voices. They tell her she will soar, they tell her she is beautiful. She listens and she says I, too, am here.

A multigenerational story of immigration, racism, and what it truly means to belong. Inspired by Langston Hughes’ poem, “I, Too.”