Our New Home: Immigrant Children Speak
Written by Emily Hearn
and Marywinn Milne (Editors)
Published by Second Story Press
From the diverse cultures of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Guyana, Somalia, and others, immigrant children write of the fear, the excitement and challenge of moving to another world and forging a new sense of self in a new land.
Children include:
Ikram Mohamed- Somalia
Abiram Surendra- Sri Lanka
Akshay Galia- India
Aneria Nanvaty- India
Asad Siddiqui- Pakistan
Ai Makino-Japan
Sidra Amjed- Pakistan
Celine Ooi- Malaysia
Eric Tran- Cambodia
John Thai- Vietnam
Justica Adjetey- Ghana
Dinesh- Guyana
Melody Nguyen- Vietnam
Andrew Chung- South Korea
Paravinthan- Sri Lanka
Jathusa Kasinathar- Sri Lanka/Germany
Shirley Luong- China
Edward Chow- Vietnam
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Publication Date: October 2007
Available As: Paperback
Nonfiction, Memoir, Age 08 or older
Community Represented: Cambodian/Cambodian American, Chinese/Chinese American, Ghanaian/Ghanaian American, Guyanese/Guyanese American, Indian/Indian American, Japanese/Japanese American, Korean/Korean American, Malaysian/Malaysian American, Pakistani/Pakistani American, Somali/Somali American, Sri Lankan/Sri Lankan American, Vietnamese/Vietnamese American
Themes: Anthology, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Generation: 1st, Multilingual Character, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Setting: Various
Character’s New Arrival/New American Status: Immigrant, Refugee, 1st Generation
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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