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Voces Sin Fronteras: Our Stories, Our Truth

AUTHOR Casares, Santiago; Writers, Latin American Youth Center; Medina, Meg
PUBLISHER Shout Mouse Press, Inc. (10/18/2018)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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NEW EDITION with a Foreword by award-winning author Meg Medina.

During a time of heated immigration debate and unrest, this book is an opportunity to hear directly from youth who are often in the headlines but whose stories don't get told in full. Sixteen young people from the Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) in Washington, D.C. came together to tell their own stories of immigration and transformation in comics form. The result is this side-by-side bilingual collection of graphic memoirs that not only builds connections across language, but also breaks down barriers and expands hope.

The authors of this collection are members of the Latino Youth Leadership Council of the Latin American Youth Center in Washington, DC. This group of teen immigrants from Central America and the Caribbean are dedicated to promoting cross-cultural understanding and social justice in their community. The book was produced through a collaboration with Shout Mouse Press, a nonprofit writing program and publishing house for unheard voices. Learn more at shoutmousepress.org

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En tiempos de inquietud y acalorados debates sobre la inmigraci n, este libro representa una oportunidad para escuchar directamente a los j venes quienes suelen ocupar los titulares en la prensa, pero cuyas historias no se alcanzan a narrar por completo. Diecis is j venes del Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) en Washington, D.C. se unieron para contar sus propias historias de inmigraci n y de transformaci n en formato de c mic. El resultado es esta colecci n de memorias gr ficas biling e, que no s lo construye conexiones entre los idiomas, sino que tambi n elimina barreras y abre un espacio a la esperanza.

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ISBN-13: 9781945434921
ISBN-10: 1945434929
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: Spanish
Edition Number: 0002
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Page Count: 322
Carton Quantity: 24
Product Dimensions: 6.00 x 0.67 x 9.00 inches
Weight: 0.95 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Price on Product, Ikids, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Young Adult Nonfiction | Comics & Graphic Novels - Biography
Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - General
Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics - Emigration, Immigration & Refugees
Grade Level: 8th Grade - College Freshman
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 0
Point Value: 0
Guided Reading Level: Not Applicable
Dewey Decimal: B
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NEW EDITION with a Foreword by award-winning author Meg Medina.

During a time of heated immigration debate and unrest, this book is an opportunity to hear directly from youth who are often in the headlines but whose stories don't get told in full. Sixteen young people from the Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) in Washington, D.C. came together to tell their own stories of immigration and transformation in comics form. The result is this side-by-side bilingual collection of graphic memoirs that not only builds connections across language, but also breaks down barriers and expands hope.

The authors of this collection are members of the Latino Youth Leadership Council of the Latin American Youth Center in Washington, DC. This group of teen immigrants from Central America and the Caribbean are dedicated to promoting cross-cultural understanding and social justice in their community. The book was produced through a collaboration with Shout Mouse Press, a nonprofit writing program and publishing house for unheard voices. Learn more at shoutmousepress.org

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En tiempos de inquietud y acalorados debates sobre la inmigraci n, este libro representa una oportunidad para escuchar directamente a los j venes quienes suelen ocupar los titulares en la prensa, pero cuyas historias no se alcanzan a narrar por completo. Diecis is j venes del Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) en Washington, D.C. se unieron para contar sus propias historias de inmigraci n y de transformaci n en formato de c mic. El resultado es esta colecci n de memorias gr ficas biling e, que no s lo construye conexiones entre los idiomas, sino que tambi n elimina barreras y abre un espacio a la esperanza.

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Foreword by: Medina, Meg
Meg Medina, named one of CNN s Ten Visionary Women, is the author of the young adult novel Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, which received a Pura Belpre Award in 2014. She is also the author of the novel The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind and the picture books Mango, Abuela, and Me and Tia Isa Wants a Car, for which she won an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. Meg Medina was raised in Queens, New York, where she lived in 1977, one of the worst years in the city s history. About Burn Baby Burn, she says, While telling Nora s story, I was writing about violence at the tipping point, both in a city and in a family. Young people then and now sometimes have to grow up against a backdrop of unspeakable events. Their fight for hope, respect, and happiness always amazes me. She lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her family.
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