Summary: Three students are immigrants from Guatemala, Korea, and Somalia and have trouble speaking, writing, and sharing ideas in English in their new American elementary school. Through self-determination and with encouragement from their peers and teachers, the students learn to feel confident and comfortable in their new school without losing a sense of their home country, language, and identity. (from amazon.com)
Where can I find it?: Lower/Middle School library, Lithgow building
Tags: Somali Americans; Guatemalan Americans; Immigrant children; Korean Americans; United States; Assimilation (Sociology); Sociology; Immigrants