First Crossing: Stories About Teen Immigrants
Editor: Donald R. Gallo
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN-10: 0763632910
ISBN-13: 978-0763632915
Recommended for grades 7-10
Wow! Eleven well known authors write about the immigrant experience for teenagers. The stories are as different as the countries each immigrant comes from and completely absorbing. There are stories from
Pam Muñoz Ryan's First Crossing tells the story of a young teen boy from Jalisco’s first trip across the border in
I loved David Lubar’s story of a Romanian boy that gets sent to
In My Favorite Chaperone, a girl from
I think this is an important book for both the YA crowd as well as adults. The stories promote tolerance, explain the immigrant experience and really do a good job explaining all the very real reasons why people come here.