A First Farewell

Isa Yasan is a Muslim boy from the countryside in Xinjiang, China. His mother was sick. He is friends with a lively little girl named Kalbinur. Her mother wants to move to the city and find temporary work, so Kalbinur can go to a Chinese school. That winter, Isa’s father decides to send Isa’s mother to a nursing home, and Kalbinur’s family makes plans to leave the village. Isa reads a story called “A First Farewell” in school, and although he does not fully understand the idea of farewell, he will soon experience it himself.