News of moving to a foreign country came as an unwelcome surprise. Her heart clearly wishes to stay in San Francisco and she is terribly worried about the friends she has to leave, the new school she has to attend, giant insects, and everything unknown. My Little Corner of the World poignantly shows what it means to be a child and how a child sees her world. The book takes its reader on a fascinating adventure at sea with a little girl who travels to the Philippines in 1962. She struggles to learn a new language. And through the help of new friends, adapts to a new culture and survives