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Teenage immigrants from various countries recount the emotional experience of fleeing their homelands and adjusting to a new life in the United States.Tags
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- Canonical title
- New kids in town : oral histories of immigrant teens
- Alternate titles
- New kids on the Block
- Original publication date
- 2005
- First words
- I live and work in New York City. Most mornings I start my day by buying a newspaper at the store on the corner. The woman behind the counter is an immigrant from the Soviet Union.
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- Genre
- Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 305.235 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Age groups Young people up to 20 Adolescents
- LCC
- HQ796 .B594 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women The family. Marriage. Home Youth. Adolescents. Teenagers
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 1
