The Leavers Prix Bédélys Jeunesse (2014) Whether a marketing campaign or

Whether a marketing campaign or a museum exhibit

By turns heart-breaking and suspenseful

started a project called Everyday Sexism to collect stories for a piece she was writing on the issue

to keep each other safe from those who don’t understand their quest to live for the impossible

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The Leavers Prix Bédélys Jeunesse (2014) Whether a marketing campaign orLisa Kos powerful debut, The Leavers, is the winner of the 2016 PEN Bellwether Prize for Fiction, awarded by Barbara Kingsolver for a novel that addresses issues of social justice. One morning, Deming Guos mother, Polly, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, goes to her job at a nail salonand never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother gone, eleven year old Deming is left mystified and bereft. Eventually adopted by a pair of well