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Swimming to America
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3 out of 5
Based on 9 Ratings and 2 Reviews

Book Description
The quandary of the illegal immigrant

Linda Berati, an eighth grader in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, knows that her parents are Albanian and her little sister American. But what is she? And how did she get to New York? Her parents evade her questions, fueling Linda's uneasiness about her identity. Only Ram�n, a Cuban immigrant her age, seems to understand. Together, they escape to the hideou... More
Book Information
PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
BindingHardcover
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages160
ISBN-100374380473
ISBN-13978-0374380472
Publication Date03/15/2005
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About Alice Mead (Author) : Alice Mead is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Alice Mead include Adem's Cross, Dawn and Dusk, Dawn and Dusk, and Isabella's Above-Ground ... more
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