Immigration Narratives in Young Adult Literature: Crossing Borders

by Joanne Brown

Although the United States prides itself as a nation of diversity, the country that boasts of its immigrant past also wrestles with much of its immigrant present. While conflicting attitudes about immigration are debated, newcomers-both legal and otherwise-continue to arrive on American soil. And books about the immigrant experience-aimed at both adults and youth-are published with a fair amount of frequency. In Immigration Narrative in Young Adult...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810860562
• ISBN13: 9780810860568
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"