{"product_id":"refugee-high-elly-fishman-9781620978320","title":"Refugee High: Coming of Age in America","description":"\u003cb\u003eA year in the life of a Chicago high school with one of the nation's highest proportions of refugees, told with \"strong novel-like pacing\" (\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A stunning and heart-wrenching work of nonfiction.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFor a century, Chicago's Roger C. Sullivan High School has been a home to immigrant and refugee students. In 2017, during the worst global refugee crisis in history, its immigrant population numbered close to three hundred--or nearly half the school--and many were refugees new to the country. These young people came from thirty-five different countries, speaking more than thirty-eight different languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eCalled \"a feat of immersive reporting\" (\u003cem\u003eNational Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e), and \"a powerful portrait of resilience in the face of long odds\" (\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eRefugee High\u003c\/em\u003e, by award-winning journalist Elly Fishman, offers a riveting chronicle of the 2017-8 school year at Sullivan High, a time when anti-immigrant rhetoric was at its height in the White House. Even as we follow teachers and administrators grappling with the everyday challenges facing many urban schools, we witness the complicated circumstances and unique needs of refugee and immigrant children: Alejandro may be deported just days before he is scheduled to graduate; Shahina narrowly escapes an arranged marriage; and Belenge encounters gang turf wars he doesn't understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeartbreaking and inspiring in equal measure, \u003cem\u003eRefugee High\u003c\/em\u003e raises vital questions about the priorities and values of a public school and offers an eye-opening and captivating window into the present-day American immigration and education systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elly Fishman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620978326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620978320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Elly Fishman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44122042630399,"sku":"9781620978320","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8d07542b-4ddd-46eb-9e08-e169659bff1f.jpg?v=1687422822","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/refugee-high-elly-fishman-9781620978320","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}