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Swimming to America
by Alice Mead
Published in 2005 by Farrar Straus and Giroux
Subject:
immigration, social
issues
ISBN
0374380473
Summary
Linda Berati, an eighth grader in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, knows that her parents are Albanian and her little sister American. But what is she? She determines to confront her mother and find out the truth about herself at last. This books shows what it is like to live the American dream in dread of losing it.
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Reader's Comments * Author's Notes * |
Booklist March 2005: "At the heart of the story are the experiences of individuals who immigrate to America through unofficial channels and what they stand to lose if they are exposed. Mead is a capable storyteller, and her characters and situations ring true, as do the voices of children caught up in difficult circumstances." |
