The newcomers : finding refuge, friendship, and hope in an American classroom /

Follows the lives of twenty-two immigrant teenagers from nations devastated by drought or famine or war, over the course of their first school year in America. The talented and endlessly resourceful Denver South High School teacher Mr. Eddie Williams welcomes these students, who speak fourteen diffe...

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Main Author: Thorpe, Helen, 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Scribner, [2017]
Edition:First Scribner hardcover edition.
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