librarianryan 's review for:

Something Happened to My Dad: A Child's Story about Immigration by Ann Hazzard, Vivianne Aponte Rivera, Gloria Faelix
5.0
challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

 
This is an immigration story with no ending. A young girl has her father taken away because he doesn’t have papers. While she is native born and so is her mom, her father is an undocumented immigrant and he shipped off to a detention center. Our little girl does get to visit her father in the detention center but doesn’t want anyone to know. She has to learn when is it OK to not keep a secret, when is it OK to ask for help, and when is it OK to find happy moments in the midst of something terrible. I hate that this book exists. I hate that we need this book and many like it. However this book is incredibly well done with wonderful illustrations. This book should be held in most public libraries to explain the world as it currently exists.