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Terry Farish is a writer with a passion for writing the stories of people from many cultures. Her novels include THE GOOD BRAIDER, a YALSA and SLJ Best Book for young adults and EITHER THE BEGINNING OR THE END OF THE WORLD. Her picture books include LUIS PAINTS THE WORLD (Carolrhoda, 2016), illustrated by Oliver Dominguez, set in Lawrence, MA, and JOSEPH'S BIG RIDE (Annick, 2016) illustrated by Ken Daley about a boy from South Sudan. Through the New Hampshire Humanities Council, Terry leads literacy programs with refugee and immigrants. The New England Reading Association has awarded her their 2016 Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Contributions to Literacy. ...more

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A Soldier and a Child

Return to Vietnam. It wasn’t until I found my way down Trang Thi Steet in Hanoi and then to Hai Ba Trung that I found JD Salinger. He was there in translation in Vietnamese on a street with a sign that read Book Street. I was looking for a bookstore, but that’s another story. First...

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	The Good Braider 3.94 avg rating — 2,236 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Luis Paints the World by Terry Farish (Goodreads Author), Oliver Dominguez (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Joseph's Big Ride by Terry Farish (Goodreads Author), Ken Daley (Illustrations) 3.66 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cat Who Liked Potato Soup by Terry Farish (Goodreads Author), Barry Root (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Either the Beginning or the End of the World 3.37 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Feast for Joseph by Terry Farish (Goodreads Author), O.D. Bonny, Ken Daley (Illustrator) 3.74 avg rating — 61 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flower Shadows 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Talking in Animal 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shelter for a Seabird 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If the Tiger 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Terry Farish said: " I cannot put this book down. This is partly because I've been to Nairobi and feel like I'm getting an inside view of a fascinating city. It's partly because I read several Kenyan's reviews of the book who told of the scramble to get the book inside K ...more "

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Terry Farish wrote a new blog post A Soldier and a Child Return to Vietnam. It wasn’t until I found my way down Trang Thi Steet in Hanoi and then to Hai Ba Trung that I found JD Salinger. He was there in tra Read more of this blog post »
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“No one in America is from America.”
― Terry Farish, The Good Braider

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“The story rolls along like drumbeats from house to house.”
― Terry Farish, The Good Braider

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“We both keep walking in the desert, following a fragile dream of America.”
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The Good Braider by Terry Farish

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Jumping Off Swings by Jo Knowles

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