Becky B's Reviews > Continental Drifter

Kathy shares about growing up not sure where she belonged. Her mom was Thai, her dad was American. They lived in Bangkok, Thailand and she went to an international school. She didn't feel totally at home in Bangkok, so she was counting down the days to their summer trip to Maine and her first summer camp experience. She was sure that camp was where she would fit in. But reality was a bit different.

I absolutely loved this. The students at my international school in Bangkok will totally identify with young Kathy. And even I, as an expat adult, can identify with not feeling like you totally fit in in any one place. It's a totally typical third culture kid experience, put into words and pictures excellently. I will need to buy more copies.

Notes on content:
Language: None.
Sexual content: None
Violence: None
Ethnic diversity: Kathy and her sister are mixed Thai/American, most other Americans depicted are white, a wide range of ethnicities at her school, and her housing community is very international.
LGBTQ+ content: None specified
Other: Some kids/adults make fun of her for being mixed or say she doesn't belong (in both places). Kathy is very insecure, but ends up in a somewhat better place by the end. Her parents are both older and this is not their first marriage, so she talks about how having older parents and step-siblings makes her feel. Her mom was also a bit of a workaholic and if her dad wasn't home, Kathy often felt lonely.