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Description edit
"This wonderful book connects us to the complexity, intensity and liveliness of refugee and immigrant teenagers. Hauser is masterful at storytelling. Poignant details fall like soft rain across each beautiful page. New American High is a must read for anyone interested in teaching, teens, or... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Mohamed Bah: Add a description of this character.
- Yasmeen Salahi
- Jessica Tan
- Cindy
- Dariana
- James Rice
- Suzannah
- Edwards
- Freeman
- Harold
- Polly
- Alexandra
- Dinice
- Hasanatu
- Jovita
- Henry
- Jael
- Marilyn
- Nedda
- Saif
- Miguel
- Ngawang
- Obama
- Bilguissa
- Marco
- Mike
- Abdulai
- Kalsang
- Muslim
- Pat
- Amani
- Ann Parry
- Mesbah
- Camila
- Mukta
- Ahmed
- Vadim
- Jing
- Minerva
- Alex Harty
- Jadon
- Lobsang
- Genesis
- Livenski
Quotes edit
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“She had worried from the start about plucking a kid from the depths of poverty in Africa and dropping him into one of the wealthiest zip codes in America. Later, she would compare it to dangling a child over the Yellow Brick Road, giving him directions to the Emerald City, and then taking it all away.”
Pat
Setting & Locations edit
- America
- Sierra Leone
- United States
- Freetown
- Salamatu
- Brooklyn
- Farmington
- Africa
- Chinatown
- New York City
- Connecticut
- Tibet
- Yemen
- Prospect Heights
- Manhattan
- Texas
- Fula
- Guinea
- India
- Krio
- International
- Bed-stuy
- Thailand
- Washington
- Haiti
- Dharamsala
- Syracuse
- California
- Burma
- Ecuador
- Mali
- Philadelphia
- Lhasa
- D.c.
- Boston
- Islam
- Prospect Park
- Mexico
- Nepal
First Sentence edit
Everybody has The Outfit- the outfit they bought for America.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Brooke Hauser (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Free Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 20, 2011.
ISBN: 1439163286
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Free Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 20, 2011.
ISBN: 1439163286
Page Count: 320
Awards edit
- Alex Awards (2012)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 373.18
Subjects edit
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