finding refuge, friendship, and hope in an American classroom
Thorpe, Helen
2017
"Traces the lives of twenty-two immigrant teens throughout the course of a year at Denver's South High School who attended a specially created English Language Acquisition class and who were helped to adapt through strategic introductions to American culture"--OCLC.
Denver newspaper investigative reporter Catherine McLeod, taking the assignment to cover a claim made by the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes to millions of acres of land, becomes the target of a killer and uncovers secrets and conspiracies.
the true story of four Mexican girls coming of age in America
Thorpe, Helen
2009
Traces the journeys of four young Mexican women coming of age in Denver whose prospects for college and careers are shaped by their immigration statuses and heated debates about the rights of legal and illegal immigrants.