Migrant

Written by Maxine Trottier · Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault

A young girl dreams of stability amidst a life of constant migration.

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34 pages· 509 words· Est. 4 min read-aloud· AD880L

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Bookroo's summary

Anna, a child of Mennonite migrants, yearns for stability as her family moves with the seasons to harvest crops. She imagines being a tree, firmly rooted, instead of feeling like a 'feather in the wind.' As she navigates life in an empty farmhouse, sharing close quarters with her sisters, Anna's longing for permanence grows. Will she find a place to truly call home, or remain adrift in the cycle of migration? Her journey explores the tension between movement and belonging, raising questions about identity and the meaning of home.

From the publisher

Anna is the child of Mennonites from Mexico, who have come north to harvest fruit and vegetables. Sometimes she feels like a bird, flying north in the spring and south in the fall, sometimes like a jackrabbit in an abandoned burrow, since her family occupies an empty farmhouse near the fields, sometimes like a kitten, as she shares a bed with her sisters . . . But above all Anna wonders what it would be like to be a tree rooted deeply in the earth, watching the seasons come and go, instead of being like a “feather in the wind.”