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Betty C. Tang is the creator of Parachute Kids, an instant Indie bestseller, ALA Asian/Pacific American Award Honor Book, B&N Book Award Finalist, and longlisted for the National Book Award, among many other distinctions! Outsider Kids was also an Indie bestseller, an Amazon top book of 2025, and received 3 starred reviews. Betty illustrated the New York Times bestselling Jacky Ha-Ha series of graphic novels by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein. Before becoming a full-time graphic novelist, Betty worked for various Hollywood animation studios, including Disney TV and DreamWorks Animation, and codirected an animated feature called Where's the Dragon? She is also a fourth-degree black belt in aikido. Betty immigrated to California as a parachute kid when she was ten and currently lives in Los Angeles. Learn more about her work at bettyctang.com.

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**Will the Lin family finally be reunited, and what would that mean for the kids' newfound freedom? Find out in this funny, heartfelt, nail-biting finale to the bestselling Parachute Kids trilogy! Perfect for fans of *New Girl, Invisible, and The Tryout series.

THE AMERICAN DREAM CAN BE COMPLICATED!

Three and a half years after being unexpectedly dropped off in California, the Lin siblings are finally used to living on their own. With Jessie at college, Jason is in charge. That means thirteen-year-old Ann is free to do whatever she wants, including secretly adopting a dog!

So when Mama and Baba arrive and Mama announces she is staying, the news is met with mixed feelings. Suddenly everything about the kids' lives is being criticized: They are too American, developing strange practices, and losing their Taiwanese identity. And dogs are definitely not allowed indoors! As conflicts escalate, Baba threatens to uproot the kids again! Can they band together to show their parents that while they'll always treasure their heritage, they are American kids now?