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We are here to stay : voices of undocumented young adults / written and photographed by Susan Kuklin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kuklin, Susan, author, photographer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Illegal immigration--Government policy--United States.
- Illegal immigration.
- Noncitizen children--Government policy--United States.
- Noncitizen children.
- Government policy.
- United States.
- Children of noncitizens--Education--Law and legislation--United States.
- Children of noncitizens.
- Children of noncitizens--Education--Law and legislation.
- Noncitizens--Education (Higher)--United States.
- Noncitizens.
- Education, Higher.
- Undocumented immigrants.
- Immigrant youth.
- Undocumented immigrant children.
- Children's literature.
- Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Social aspects.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- Local Subjects:
- Undocumented immigrant children.
- Genre:
- Young adult literature.
- Instructional and educational works.
- Young adult non.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Voices of undocumented young adults
- Place of Publication:
- Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- Meet nine courageous young adults who have lived in the United States with a secret for much of their lives: they are not U.S. citizens. They came from Colombia, Mexico, Ghana, Independent Samoa, and Korea. They came seeking education, fleeing violence, and escaping poverty. All have heartbreaking and hopeful stories about leaving their homelands and starting a new life in America. And all are weary of living in the shadows.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE COMING TO AMERICA
- ch. One La Familia, PART I
- ch. Two La Familia, PART II
- ch. Three No More Deaths: A Photo-Essay
- ch. Four We Saw a Rabbit
- ch. Five Under My Shadow
- pt. TWO TWISTS AND TURNS
- ch. Six Lucky Breaks
- ch. Seven The American Dream Is So Powerful
- ch. Eight Go Big or Go Home
- ch. Nine Who We Are
- NOTES AND RESOURCES.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-179) and index.
- The book ... was scheduled to be published in 2017 with full-color portraits of the young people who were interviewed for it. Since that time, executive action regarding DACA recipients has been in flux, making it risky for many of the participants to reveal their identities. Their images, names, and other identifiers have been withhold to protect the inspiring people who share their stories in these pages.
- ISBN:
- 9780763678845
- 0763678848
- OCLC:
- 1080643696
- Publisher Number:
- 99987197296
- B07H3MY8T3 (kindle)
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