Come on In
Written by Adi Alsaid
Published by Inkyard Press
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.
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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.
Primary ISBN: 9781335146496
Available As: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook
Young Adult, Age 12 or older
Community Represented: Argentinian/Argentinian American, Indian/Indian American, Iranian/Iranian American, Japanese/Japanese American, Mexican/Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Various
Themes: Anthology, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generational Differences: Language, Immigrant: Economic, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Visiting Home Country
Setting: United States
Character’s New Arrival/New American Status: 1st Generation, Immigrant
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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