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Green card youth voices : immigration stories from a Fargo high school / [written by the students from Fargo South High School]
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children of immigrants--North Dakota--Fargo.
- Children of immigrants.
- Immigrant children--North Dakota--Fargo--Biography.
- Immigrant children.
- Immigrants--North Dakota--Fargo--Biography.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrants--United States--Biography.
- Emigration and immigration.
- United States.
- North Dakota--Fargo.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- North Dakota author.
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 149 pages : color portraits, color map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : Wise Ink Creative Publishing, [2016]
- Summary:
- These are the memories, realities, and hopes of young people from twenty-two different countries, who by the turning of countless events were brought together into one classroom. In their own voices, these students describe their childhoods, reasons for leaving, first impressions of this land, and dreams of how they will contribute to it. These digital and written stories highlight the resilience, bravery, and courage that these new Americans have gained as they have overcome tremendous adversity to be a part of this country. Includes: 31 personal essays, 31 color portraits, links to the students' video narratives, study guide, glossary, and a foreword by Betty Gronneberg.
- Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a Fargo High School" is a collection of thirty personal essays written by students from Fargo South High School. Included with each essay is a first-person video narrative. These are the memories, realities, and hopes of young people from twenty-two different countries, who by the turning of countless events were brought together into one classroom. In their own voices, these students describe their childhoods, reasons for leaving, first impressions of this land and dreams of how they will contribute to it. These digital and written stories highlight the resilience, bravery, and courage that these new Americans have gained as they have overcome tremendous adversity to be a part of this country
- Contents:
- Muhend Abakar, Sudan
- Ruth Mekoulom, Chad
- Pal Garung, Nepal
- Nakafu Kahasha, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Akberet Tewelde, Eritrea
- Biak Sung, Burma
- Anjana Chuwan, Nepal
- Musoni Mudatinya, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Tristen Hagen, China
- Joyce Showers, Sierra Leone
- Badal Mongar, Nepal
- Divine Lubungo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Quazeem Adeyinka, Liberia
- Aziza Kabura, Zambia
- Ashti Mohamed Ali, Iraq
- Pleaure Jerue, Côte d'Ivoire
- Mesaged Abakar, Sudan
- Roshika Nepal, Nepal
- Alvin Johnson, Liberia
- Esperance Mfurakazi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Godwin Kouhe, Togo
- Glorioza Nduwimana, Tanzania
- Deo Katuwal, Nepal
- Marai Castillo Fonseca, Mexico
- Francese Manya, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Sowda Shube, Kenya
- Nobin Gurung, Nepal
- Iraguha Yvette, Tanzania
- Osman Osman, Eritrea
- Van Tran, Vietnam
- Zakariye Muhudin Abdulle, Somalia.
- ISBN:
- 9780997496024
- 0997496029
- 9780997496048
- 0997496045
- OCLC:
- 980348240
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