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Something about America / Maria Testa

By:

Testa, Maria

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press , 2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: 84 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780763625283

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

YA 811 TES

LOC classification:

PS3570.E847 S66 2005

Summary: The author uses spare verse to tell a poignant story about a child touched by war. Burn scars, sustained in Kosovo during the most recent war, cover most of the narrator's body: "I look like / where I'm from," she says. Even so, the eighth-grader feels like a "typical American schoolgirl." Her parents are more at odds with life in the U.S., and the girl speaks powerfully about the heartbreaking choices her parents have faced. But after the girl's father organizes a protest against a hate group in a neighboring town, the family is heartened by the public's response and support.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Young Adult	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Juvenil	Juvenil	YA 811 TES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		045592

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The author uses spare verse to tell a poignant story about a child touched by war. Burn scars, sustained in Kosovo during the most recent war, cover most of the narrator's body: "I look like / where I'm from," she says. Even so, the eighth-grader feels like a "typical American schoolgirl." Her parents are more at odds with life in the U.S., and the girl speaks powerfully about the heartbreaking choices her parents have faced. But after the girl's father organizes a protest against a hate group in a neighboring town, the family is heartened by the public's response and support.

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