New Kids Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens

Name: New Kids Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens
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ISBN: 9781439163306

ISBN-10: 1439163308

ISBN-13: 9781439163306

Edition: N/A

Authors: Brooke Hauser

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Some walked across deserts and mountains to get here. Others flew in on planes. One arrived after escaping in a suitcase. And some won’t say how they got here.These are “the new kids”: new to America and all the routines and rituals of an American high school, from lonely first days to prom. They attend the International High School at Prospect Heights in Brooklyn, which is like most high schools in some ways—its halls are filled with students gossiping, joking, flirting, and pushing the limits of the school’s dress code—but all of the students are recent immigrants learning English. Together, they come from more than forty-five countries and speak more than twenty-eight languages.A…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 5/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English




Passages


Chit Su's First Day


Frequently Asked Questions


Over the Counter and Under the Radar


From Journey to Journal


Twenty-Four Hours in a Suitcase


Dinner for Jessica


Capturing Yasmeen



Between Worlds


The Life and Times of Mohamed Bah


Illegal


Guardians


Hope Day


In Search of a New Life


Negotiating


A House on the Moon



Almost American


Spring Forward, Fall Back


Makeup and Head Scarves


Soup or Salad?


Dress Rehearsals


Party in the USA


Walking


Epilogue: It Goes On


Acknowledgements


A Note on Source


Reading Group Guide