Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from Chicago High Schools
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Green Card Youth Voices: Chicago High Schools is a collection of personal essays written by 30 students attending Stevenson High School and Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy. The stories, gathered using a trauma-informed approach, highlight the diverse experiences, resilience, and strength of young immigrants as they navigate life in the United States.
Book Includes:
- 30 personal essays of immigrant youth from 16 countries and Puerto Rico
- Full-color portraits and illustrations
- Links to digital stories on the Green Card Voices Website
- Excerpt from Atc4Change: Green Card Voices Study Guide
- Glossary
- 170+ pages
ISBN: 978-1-949523-31-7
Description
Green Card Youth Voices: Chicago High Schools is a collection of personal essays written by 30 students attending Stevenson High School and Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy. The stories, gathered using a trauma-informed approach, highlight the diverse experiences, resilience, and strength of young immigrants as they navigate life in the United States.
Unique to the book are links to first-person video narratives, a glossary, maps, and a study guide—resources that make this collection accessible and engaging for classrooms, book clubs, and readers eager to understand the lives of their immigrant neighbors.
Foreword by Nestor “the Boss” Gomez, a formerly undocumented immigrant, published author, award-winning poet, and founder of the 80 Minutes Around the World immigration storytelling show. Nestor is also a nearly 100-time winner of The Moth storytelling slam.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.8125 lbs |
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| Dimensions | .375 × 6 × 9 in |
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