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The book of Isaias : a child of Hispanic immigrants seeks his own America

Title: The book of Isaias : a child of Hispanic immigrants seeks his own America / Daniel Connolly.
Author: Connolly, Daniel
Publication: New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2016.

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Description

viii, 258 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"In a green town in the middle of America, a bright 18-year-old Hispanic student named Isaias Ramos sets out on the journey to college. Isaias, who passed a prestigious national calculus test as a junior and leads the quiz bowl team, is the hope of Kingsbury High in Memphis, a school where many students have difficulty reading. But Kingsbury's dysfunction, expensive college fees, and forms printed in a language that's foreign to his parents are all obstacles in the way of getting him to a university. Isaias also doubts the value of college and says he might go to work in his family's painting business after high school, despite his academic potential. Is Isaias making a rational choice? Or does he simply hope to avoid pain by deferring dreams that may not come to fruition? This is what journalist Daniel Connolly attempts to uncover in The Book of Isaias as he follows Isaias, peers into a tumultuous final year of high school, and, eventually, shows how adults intervene in the hopes of changing Isaias' life. Mexican immigration has brought the proportion of Hispanics in the nation's youth population to roughly one in four. Every day, children of immigrants make decisions about their lives that will shape our society and economy for generations. In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and A Hope in the Unseen, this engaging, poignant book captures an American microcosm and illustrates broader challenges for our collective future"--

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Call Number

JFE 17-5501

ISBN

9781250083067
1250083060

LCCN

2016018423

OCLC

2016018423

Author

Connolly, Daniel, author.

Title

The book of Isaias : a child of Hispanic immigrants seeks his own America / Daniel Connolly.

Publisher

New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2016.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Research Call Number

JFE 17-5501

JFE 16-13882

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