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Refugee High - Coming of Age in America (Hardcover)
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Refugee High - Coming of Age in America (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R525
Discovery Miles 5 250
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Lit Hub's Most Anticipated of 2021 A year in the life of a Chicago
high school that has one of the highest proportions of refugees of
any school in the nation "A wondrous tapestry of stories, of young
people looking for a home. With deep, immersive reporting, Elly
Fishman pulls off a triumph of empathy. Their tales and their
school speak to the best of who we are as a nation-and their
struggles, their joys, their journeys will stay with you." -Alex
Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here Winner of the Studs
and Ida Terkel Award For a century, Chicago's Roger C. Sullivan
High School has been a home to immigrant and refugee students. In
2017, during the worst global refugee crisis in history, its
immigrant population numbered close to three hundred-or nearly half
the school-and many were refugees new to the country. These young
people came from thirty-five different countries, speaking among
themselves more than thirty-eight different languages. For these
refugee teens, life in Chicago is hardly easy. They have
experienced the world at its worst and carry the trauma of the
horrific violence they fled. In America, they face poverty, racism,
and xenophobia, but they are still teenagers-flirting, dreaming,
and working as they navigate their new life in America. Refugee
High is a riveting chronicle of the 2017-8 school year at Sullivan
High, a time when anti-immigrant rhetoric was at its height in the
White House. Even as we follow teachers and administrators
grappling with the everyday challenges facing many urban schools,
we witness the complicated circumstances and unique education needs
of refugee and immigrant children: Alejandro may be deported just
days before he is scheduled to graduate; Shahina narrowly escapes
an arranged marriage; and Belenge encounters gang turf wars he
doesn't understand. Equal parts heartbreaking and inspiring,
Refugee High raises vital questions about the priorities and values
of a public school and offers an eye-opening and captivating window
into the present-day American immigration and education systems.
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