Come on in : 15 stories about immigration and finding home
by Alsaid, Adi (Author, Editor), Azad, Nafiza (Author), Farizan, Sara, 1984- (Author), Sugiura, Misa (Author), Rivera, Lilliam (Author), Johnson, Alaya Dawn, 1982- (Author), Charaipotra, Sona (Author), Andreu, Maria E. (Author), Goo, Maurene (Author), Bajaj, Varsha (Author), Méndez, Yamile Saied (Author), Larbalestier, Justine (Author), Quintero, Isabel (Author), Morse, Sharon (Young adult author) (Author), Córdova, Zoraida (Author)
Summary
This collection features stories from bestselling and up-and-coming YA authors. Full description
Summary: |
This collection features stories from bestselling and up-and-coming YA authors. An exceptional anthology exploring the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration-- written by YA authors who are themselves immigrants and the children of immigrants. Their characters face random traffic stops, TSA detention, customs anxiety, and the daunting and inspiring journey to new lands... while also dancing at weddings, keeping diaries, teaching ESL. In presenting the myriad facets of the immigrant experience, the characters decide their own answer to the question "where are you from?" -- adapted from jacket |
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Physical Description: |
314 pages ; 22 cm |
ISBN: |
9781335146496 1335146490 |
Author Notes: |
Adi Alsaid is the author of Let¿s Get Lost, coming from Harlequin Teen and Alloy Entertainment in August 2014. He was born and raised in Mexico City. He attended college at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Adi spends his time writing, coaching high school and elementary basketball. In 2015 he made The Teen Webinar List with Let's Get Lost. (Bowker Author Biography) |