Come On In: 15 Stories about Immigration and Finding Home
- ISBN-10
- 1488069387
- ISBN-13
- 9781488069383
- Category
- Young Adult Fiction
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-10-13
- Publisher
- Harlequin
- Authors
- Sona Charaipotra, Justine Larbalestier, Adi Alsaid
Description
This exceptional and powerful anthology explores the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration, with stories by critically acclaimed and bestselling YA authors who are shaped by the journeys they and their families have taken from home—and to find home. WELCOME From some of the most exciting bestselling and up-and-coming YA authors writing today…journey from Ecuador to New York City and Argentina to Utah…from Australia to Harlem and India to New Jersey…from Fiji, America, Mexico and more… Come On In. With characters who face random traffic stops, TSA detention, customs anxiety, and the daunting and inspiring journey to new lands…who camp with their extended families, dance at weddings, keep diaries, teach ESL…who give up their rooms for displaced family, decide their own answer to the question “where are you from?” and so much more… Come On In illuminates fifteen of the myriad facets of the immigrant experience, from authors who have been shaped by the journeys they and their families have taken from home—and to find home.
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