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Refugee high, coming of age in America, Elly Fishman

eng

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non fiction

Refugee high

1191238996

Elly Fishman

coming of age in America

"A year in the life of a Chicago high school that has one of the highest proportions of refugees of any school in the nation"--, Provided by publisherFor a century, Chicago's Roger C. Sullivan High School has been a home to immigrant and refugee students. In 2017, during the worst global refugee crisis in history, its immigrant population numbered close to three hundred--or nearly half the school--and many were refugees new to the country. These young people came from thirty-five different countries, speaking among themselves more than thirty-eight different languages.Refugee High is a riveting chronicle of the 2017-8 school year at Sullivan High, a time when anti-immigrant rhetoric was at its height in the White House. Even as we follow teachers and administrators grappling with the everyday challenges facing many urban schools, we witness the complicated circumstances and unique education needs of refugee and immigrant children...Equal parts heartbreaking and inspiring, Refugee High raises vital questions about the priorities and values of a public school and offers an eye-opening and captivating window into the present-day American immigration and education systems.--, Adapted from publisher's description

Featuring -- September -- October 13 -- October -- November / Tobias -- December / Alejandro -- January -- February -- March / Fatmeh -- April / Zakiah -- May -- June -- August -- Epilogue : September

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