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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. One in four young people in America is a child of immigrants and their life decisions will affect our society and economy for decades. This engaging, poignant book captures an American microcosm and illustrates broader challenges for our collective future. |
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Ramos, Isaias.
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Mexican American students -- Biography.
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Children of immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
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Minority college students -- United States -- Biography.
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Talented students -- United States -- Biography.
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Memphis (Tenn.) -- Biography.
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Biographies.
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ISBN |
9781250083067
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