num_pages: 126
description: They are teen immigrants. Thousands of them enter America each year, sometimes illegally. They have escaped war, poverty, and repression to carve out new lives in a new world. Here eleven of these young immigrants tell their stories in their own words. You'll meet Abdul from Afghanistan, who entered America in the eighth grade not knowing a word of English. Now he wears stone-washed jeans and aviator glasses like other American kids, but keeps his Moslem faith. Xiaojun tells of her village farm in rural China, and her new home in New York's Chinatown. Von from Vietnam reveals how he and his father escaped from Saigon and traveled to safety with fifty others on a twelve-foot-long boat. If you, too, have immigrated to this country, you'll see something of yourself in these true stories. If you were born in America, you'll learn more about your classmates. No matter what your background, you'll get to know some courageous young people you'll never forget.
language: English
title: New Kids In Town: Oral Histories Of Immigrant Teens
titlecomplete: New Kids In Town: Oral Histories Of Immigrant Teens
genres: Nonfiction, Biography
ratings_count: 91
publisher: Scholastic