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The tenderness of Meg Medina’s beautifully written story about friendship and change is balanced by Sonia Sánchez’s colorful and vibrant depictions of the girls’ urban neighborhood

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I'll Go and Come Back Children's Classic Adaptation Comics & Graphic Novels and Barry's world is literallyA tender, beautifully illustrated story about a girl in America and her grandmother in India, whose love stretches between languages and culturesand across the world. When Jyoti visits her grandmother halfway around the world, she is overwhelmed by the differences between India and home. At first she feels lonely and out of place, but soon, despite a language barrier, she and Sita Pati are able to understand each other. They form a bondlooking at