Summary Of A. L Sonnichsen's Red Butterfly

Red Butterfly by A.L. Sonnichsen, told in a lyrical, moving verse, spins the tale of a young orphaned girl with a deformed hand living in China. Kara was abandoned as an infant and taken in by and elderly American woman illegally taking up residence in the city of Tianjin. For eleven years, she lives with the woman, her ‘mother,’ who hides her face in public to avoid imprisonment. willing to be released from insolation. All of a sudden, Kara finds the authorities sending her to an orphanage after they realized that her mother’s visa had expired many years ago. As the guilt from having her mother sent away from her engulfs her, she proves to be very insecure and self-conscious. Kara evolves into a very insecure character who is self-conscious