First crossing : stories about teen immigrants

Book 2007

Stories of recent Mexican, Venezuelan, Kazakh, Chinese, Romanian, Palestinian, Swedish, Korean, Haitian, and Cambodian immigrants reveal what it is like to face prejudice, language barriers, and homesickness along with common teenage feelings and needs.

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Emigration and immigration Juvenile fiction

Short stories Juvenile fiction

Young adult fiction, American

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Fiction

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ISBN:

9780763632915
0763632910

Edition:

First [paperback] edition

Description:

xi, 224 pages ; 22 cm

Contents:

First crossing / Pam Muñoz Ryan
Second culture kids / Dian Curtis Regan
My favorite chaperone / Jean Davies Okimoto
They don't mean it! / Lensey Namioka
Pulling up stakes / David Lubar
Lines of scrimmage / Elsa Marston
The Swede / Alden R. Carter
The rose of Sharon / Marie G. Lee
Make Maddie mad / Rita Williams-Garcia
The green armchair / Minfong Ho

Control Number:

249027

Other Authors:

Gallo, Donald R

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