Digging to America

Author: Anne Tyler

When the Yazdans, an Iranian-American couple, and the Donaldsons cross paths at Baltimore's Airport while receiving their adopted Korean baby girls, they begin a relationship that connects three generations. The Donaldsons, Brad and Bitsy- an upper-middle-class couple with a enthusiastic extended family, refer to their little girl as Jin-Ho-while Sami and Ziba Yazdan name their daughter Susan. The story follows Jin-Ho and Susan's formative years via the relationships formed between the families. The decent people in Digging to America live normal, happy lives enriched by their efforts to embrace diversity; something that happens frequently in real life, too.

Digging to America

Year Released: 2006

Grades 9-12