The Resource The book of Isaias : a child of Hispanic immigrants seeks his own America, Daniel Connolly
The book of Isaias : a child of Hispanic immigrants seeks his own America, Daniel Connolly
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The item The book of Isaias : a child of Hispanic immigrants seeks his own America, Daniel Connolly represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Memorial Hall Library.
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- Summary
- "In a green town in the middle of America, a bright 18-year-old Hispanic student named Isaias Ramos sets out on the journey to college. Isaias, who passed a prestigious national calculus test as a junior and leads the quiz bowl team, is the hope of Kingsbury High in Memphis, a school where many students have difficulty reading. But Kingsbury's dysfunction, expensive college fees, and forms printed in a language that's foreign to his parents are all obstacles in the way of getting him to a university. Isaias also doubts the value of college and says he might go to work in his family's painting business after high school, despite his academic potential. Is Isaias making a rational choice? Or does he simply hope to avoid pain by deferring dreams that may not come to fruition? This is what journalist Daniel Connolly attempts to uncover in The Book of Isaias as he follows Isaias, peers into a tumultuous final year of high school, and, eventually, shows how adults intervene in the hopes of changing Isaias' life. Mexican immigration has brought the proportion of Hispanics in the nation's youth population to roughly one in four. Every day, children of immigrants make decisions about their lives that will shape our society and economy for generations. In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and A Hope in the Unseen, this engaging, poignant book captures an American microcosm and illustrates broader challenges for our collective future"--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The book of Isaias : a child of Hispanic immigrants seeks his own America
- Title
- The book of Isaias
- Title remainder
- a child of Hispanic immigrants seeks his own America
- Statement of responsibility
- Daniel Connolly
- Subject
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- Children of immigrants -- United States -- Biography
- Memphis (Tenn.) -- Biography
- Mexican American students -- Biography
- Minority college students -- United States -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration and immigration
- Talented students -- United States -- Biography
- Ramos, Isaias
- Biographies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In a green town in the middle of America, a bright 18-year-old Hispanic student named Isaias Ramos sets out on the journey to college. Isaias, who passed a prestigious national calculus test as a junior and leads the quiz bowl team, is the hope of Kingsbury High in Memphis, a school where many students have difficulty reading. But Kingsbury's dysfunction, expensive college fees, and forms printed in a language that's foreign to his parents are all obstacles in the way of getting him to a university. Isaias also doubts the value of college and says he might go to work in his family's painting business after high school, despite his academic potential. Is Isaias making a rational choice? Or does he simply hope to avoid pain by deferring dreams that may not come to fruition? This is what journalist Daniel Connolly attempts to uncover in The Book of Isaias as he follows Isaias, peers into a tumultuous final year of high school, and, eventually, shows how adults intervene in the hopes of changing Isaias' life. Mexican immigration has brought the proportion of Hispanics in the nation's youth population to roughly one in four. Every day, children of immigrants make decisions about their lives that will shape our society and economy for generations. In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and A Hope in the Unseen, this engaging, poignant book captures an American microcosm and illustrates broader challenges for our collective future"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Connolly, Daniel
- Dewey number
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- 305.235/1092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- E184.M5
- LC item number
- C658 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Ramos, Isaias
- Mexican American students
- Children of immigrants
- Minority college students
- Talented students
- Memphis (Tenn.)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Label
- The book of Isaias : a child of Hispanic immigrants seeks his own America, Daniel Connolly
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1679722
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- viii, 258 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250083067
- Lccn
- 2016018423
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1679722
- (OCoLC)932576636
- Label
- The book of Isaias : a child of Hispanic immigrants seeks his own America, Daniel Connolly
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1679722
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- viii, 258 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250083067
- Lccn
- 2016018423
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1679722
- (OCoLC)932576636
Subject
- Children of immigrants -- United States -- Biography
- Memphis (Tenn.) -- Biography
- Mexican American students -- Biography
- Minority college students -- United States -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration and immigration
- Talented students -- United States -- Biography
- Ramos, Isaias
- Biographies
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