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On the Block

Published
Oct 2024
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General Fiction General Fiction
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208

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories, comes an inspiring middle-grade anthology that follows the loosely interconnected lives of multigenerational immigrant families, the residents at the Entrada apartment building. Edited by Ellen Oh, a founding member of WNDB.

"The beauty of their shared home does not come from any single person, but instead from the sum of their experiences" -Meg Medina, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature

A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR


12 Families. 12 Cultures. 1 Building.

Welcome to the Entrada, home to these everyday Americans, including
the new kid on the block, who is both homesick and curiousa Popsicle-bridge builder, a ghost hunter, and a lion dancer their families, friends, and neighbors from all around the world!
Published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books, this anthology features award-winning authors Tracey Baptiste, David Bowles, Adrianna Cuevas, Sayantani DasGupta, Debbi Michiko Florence, Adam Gidwitz, Erin Entrada Kelly, Minh Lê, Ellen Oh, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Andrea Wang, and Jasmine Warga. These inspiring stories celebrate family, friendship, culture, and American immigrant life today.

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Oct 2025 Yearling ISBN 0593648471
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First Edition Oct 2024 Crown ISBN 0593648447
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Oct 2024 Crown ISBN 0593648455
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Oct 2024 Random House ISBN 0593648463
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Oct 2024 Crown ISBN B0CT2S9HBS
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Oct 2024 -- Not Selected ISBN B0CT447D5N
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Mar 2025 Youth Large Print ISBN 1420521624
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