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Refugee High: Coming of Age in America
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For a century, Chicago's Roger C. Sullivan High School has been a landing place for migrants. In recent years, it boasts one of the highest proportions of immigrant and refugee students in the country. In 2017 around half its student population hailed from another country, with students from thirty-five different countries speaking more than thirty-eight different languages. Refugee High is a chronicle of the 2017-8 school year at Sullivan High, a time when anti-immigrant rhetoric was at its height in the White House. Even as we follow teachers and administrators grappling with the everyday challenges facing many urban schools, we witness the complicated circumstances and unique education needs of refugee and immigrant children.
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"Fishman unearths the inner lives of her subjects with care and precision, and skillfully balances lighter moments (soccer games, TikTok dances) with harrowing turns of events."
"Trauma and fear darken the pages, but commitment from Sullivan's staff provides hope in the book and the refugee students' lives ..."
"The students shed light on the collision between their cultures and their lives in America ..."
"Refugee High may not provide the answers, but it contains important messages."
"The book is well researched and compassionate, particularly regarding the embattled educators at Sullivan, who often seem as traumatized as their students."
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