First crossing : stories about teen immigrants / edited by Donald R. Gallo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in Children's and Young Adult Literature Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Gallo, Donald R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration--Juvenile fiction.

Emigration and immigration--Fiction.

Young adult fiction, American.

Short stories.

Immigration and emigration--Fiction.

American short stories.

Ethnic groups in the United States--Fiction.

Local Subjects:

Immigration and emigration--Fiction.

American short stories.

Ethnic groups in the United States--Fiction.

Genre:

Short stories.

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Young adult works.

Young adult fiction.

Physical Description:

xi, 224 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2007.

Summary:

Stories of recent Mexican, Venezuelan, Kazakh, Chinese, Romanian, Palestinian, Swedish, Korean, Haitian, and Cambodian immigrants reveal what it is like to face prejudice, language barriers, and homesickness along with common teenage feelings and needs.

Contents:

First crossing / Pam Muñoz Ryan

Second culture kids / Dian Curtis Regan

My favorite chaperone / Jean Davies Okimoto

They don't mean it! / Lensey Namioka

Pulling up stakes / David Lubar

Lines of scrimmage / Elsa Marston

The Swede / Alden R. Carter

The rose of Sharon / Marie G. Lee

Make Maddie mad / Rita Williams-Garcia

The green armchair / Minfong Ho.

Other Format:

Online version: First crossing.

ISBN:

0763632910

9780763632915

032949970X

9780329499709

9781428733756

1428733752

9780763622497

0763622494

OCLC:

85821954