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    The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom

    Written by Helen Thorpe

    Narrated by Kate Handford

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    Offering a nuanced and transformative take on immigration, multiculturalism, and America's role on the global stage, The Newcomers follows and reflects on the lives of twenty-two immigrant teenagers throughout the course of their 2015-2016 school year at Denver's South High School.

    Unfamiliar with American culture or the English language, the students range from the age of fourteen to nineteen and come from nations struggling with drought, famine, or war. Many come directly from refugee camps, and some arrive alone, having left or lost every other member of their family. Their stories are poignant and remarkable, and at the center of their combined story is Mr. Williams: the dedicated and endlessly resourceful teacher of their English Language Acquisition class—a class which was created specifically for them and which will provide them with the foundation they need to face the enormous challenges of adapting to life in America.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateNov 14, 2017
    ISBN9781520085722
    Author

    Helen Thorpe

    Helen Thorpe was born in London and grew up in Medford, New Jersey. Her journalism has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Texas Monthly, and Slate. Her radio stories have aired on This American Life and Soundprint. She is also the author of Soldier Girls and Just Like Us. Her work has won the Colorado Book Award and the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award. She lives in Denver, Colorado.

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    • 5/5
      What an amazing and heart-felt depiction of our world through the eyes of the refugee students at South High. This brilliant, yet humble look at America's newest refugee students and their families masterfully provides us a chance to be the fly-on-the-wall. This current and honest perspective will cry out to those who seeks a better world. It will inspire a deeper understanding of the commonality of what makes us human in spite of barriers of language and culture. This is one of those books that you'll hate to end! Miss Thorpe, please follow up! I'd love to know what happens to these families and especially Jaqueline. Thanks for a great read!