The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom
- ISBN-10
- 1501159097
- ISBN-13
- 9781501159091
- Series
- The Newcomers
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-11-14
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Helen Thorpe
Description
Traces the lives of twenty-two immigrant teens throughout the course of a year at Denver's South High School who attended a specially created English Language Acquisition class and who were helped to adapt through strategic introductions to American culture.
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- 2018-09-18
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- 1962
- 177 pages
- Paperback
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