Come on in : 15 stories about immigration and finding home / edited by Adi Alsaid.
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TextEdition: First editionDescription: 314 pages ; 22 cmISBN: 9781335146496; 1335146490Other title: 15 stories about immigration and finding home | Come on in : fifteen stories about immigration and finding home | Fifteen stories about immigration and finding homeSubject(s): Emigration and immigration -- Fiction | Emigration and immigration -- Fiction | Family life -- Fiction | Young adult fictionGenre/Form: Young adult fiction. | Short stories. | Realistic.
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Summary: "This exceptional and powerful anthology explores the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration, with stories by bestselling and beloved YA authors who are themselves immigrants and the children of immigrants...From some of the most exciting bestselling and up-and-coming YA authors writing today...journey from Ecuador to New York City and Argentina to Utah, from Australia to Harlem and India to New Jersey, from Fiji, America, Mexico and more...With characters who face random traffic stops, TSA detention, customs anxiety, and the daunting and inspiring journey to new lands, who camp with their extended families, dance at weddings, keep diaries, teach ESL, give up their rooms for displaced family, decide their own answer to the question "where are you from?" and so much more, [this book] illuminates fifteen of the myriad facets of the immigrant experience." --from Goodreads.com.
All the colors of goodbye / Nafiza Azad -- The wedding / Sara Farizan -- Where I'm from / Misa Sugiura -- Salvation and the sea / Lilliam Rivera -- Volviéndome / Alaya Dawn Johnson -- The trip / Sona Charaipotra -- The curandera and the alchemist / Maria E. Andreu -- A bigger tent / Maurene Goo -- First words / Varsha Bajaj -- Family over everything / Yamile Saied Méndez -- When I was white / Justine Larbalestier -- From Golden State / Isabel Quintero -- Hard to say / Sharon Morse -- Confessions of an Ecuadorkian / Zoraida Córdova -- Fleeing, leaving, moving / Adi Alsaid.
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | SHORT STORY/COM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500060783 |
All the colors of goodbye / Nafiza Azad -- The wedding / Sara Farizan -- Where I'm from / Misa Sugiura -- Salvation and the sea / Lilliam Rivera -- Volviéndome / Alaya Dawn Johnson -- The trip / Sona Charaipotra -- The curandera and the alchemist / Maria E. Andreu -- A bigger tent / Maurene Goo -- First words / Varsha Bajaj -- Family over everything / Yamile Saied Méndez -- When I was white / Justine Larbalestier -- From Golden State / Isabel Quintero -- Hard to say / Sharon Morse -- Confessions of an Ecuadorkian / Zoraida Córdova -- Fleeing, leaving, moving / Adi Alsaid.
"This exceptional and powerful anthology explores the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration, with stories by bestselling and beloved YA authors who are themselves immigrants and the children of immigrants...From some of the most exciting bestselling and up-and-coming YA authors writing today...journey from Ecuador to New York City and Argentina to Utah, from Australia to Harlem and India to New Jersey, from Fiji, America, Mexico and more...With characters who face random traffic stops, TSA detention, customs anxiety, and the daunting and inspiring journey to new lands, who camp with their extended families, dance at weddings, keep diaries, teach ESL, give up their rooms for displaced family, decide their own answer to the question "where are you from?" and so much more, [this book] illuminates fifteen of the myriad facets of the immigrant experience." --from Goodreads.com.
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