# Land of Broken Promises

**Author:** Jane Kuo
**Grade range:** Grades 6–8
**Page count:** 254
**Genre:** Juvenile Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780063119086`
**ISBN-10:** `0063119080`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/land-of-broken-promises
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Taiwanese immigrant Anna and her family make a shocking discovery that puts their American dreams at risk in this searing companion to In the Beautiful Country, which Gene Luen Yang called “vivid and hopeful.” \* A Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices List Selection \* Anna’s family have settled into life in California—their small restaurant is even turning a profit. Then her parents make a shattering discovery: their visas have expired. Anna’s world is quickly overwhelmed by unfamiliar words like “undocumented.” She longs to share the towering secret that looms over every aspect of her life with a friend, but her parents strictly forbid her from telling anyone. As Anna grapples with the complexities of being undocumented, the strain that it places on her family, and the loneliness of 

## Where this book is assigned

### South Carolina Junior Book Award

- **recommended** · 6th grade · South Carolina — [source: South Carolina Junior Book Award (South Carolina Association of School Librarians) — 2025-26 nominee (grades 6-8), read + voted by South Carolina students; nominee list via studySC / SC State Library + SCASL](https://www.scasl.net/junior-book-award)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · South Carolina — [source: South Carolina Junior Book Award (South Carolina Association of School Librarians) — 2025-26 nominee (grades 6-8), read + voted by South Carolina students; nominee list via studySC / SC State Library + SCASL](https://www.scasl.net/junior-book-award)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · South Carolina — [source: South Carolina Junior Book Award (South Carolina Association of School Librarians) — 2025-26 nominee (grades 6-8), read + voted by South Carolina students; nominee list via studySC / SC State Library + SCASL](https://www.scasl.net/junior-book-award)

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