teenage immigrants

"Sixteen young people from the Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) in Washington, D.C. [come] together to tell their own stories of immigration and transformation in comics form" -- Amazon.

Collects the stories on a number of teenagers who want to move from Central America to the United States.

"Sixteen young people from the Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) in Washington, D.C. [come] together to tell their own stories of immigration and transformation in comics"--Amazon.

"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.

Everyone knows Bone Gap is full of gaps -- gaps to trip you up, gaps to slide through so you can disappear forever. So when young, beautiful Roza went missing, the people of Bone Gap weren't surprised. After all, it wasn't the first time that someone had slipped away and left Finn and Sean O'Sullivan on their own. Just a few years before, their mother had high-tailed it to Oregon for a brand new guy, a brand new life. That's just how things go, the people said. Who are you going to blame? Finn knows that's not what happened with Roza. He knows she was kidnapped, ripped from the cornfields by a dangerous man whose face he cannot remember. But the searches turned up nothing, and no one believes him anymore. Not even Sean, who has more reason to find Roza than anyone, and every reason to blame Finn for letting her go.--.

A report concerning the thousands of children who cross the Southern U.S. border illegally and are apprehended.

Teenage immigrants from various countries recount the emotional experience of fleeing their homelands and adjusting to a new life in the United States.

Newly arrived teenaged immigrants describe their experiences in America, recount traditions of their native countries, and present short stories, poems, recipes, and artwork. Also provides interviews with native born American teenagers who share their family histories.

Examines what it is like for a young person to come to a new land as an immigrant, to be unable to communicate, to go to a new school and adjust to a new environment, and to become a part of life in the United States.

Provides information and guidance for immigrant teenagers, discussing such topics as cultural identity, challenges to expect in a new culture, and making the most of the experience.