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Title The book of Isaias : a child of Hispanic immigrants seeks his own America / Daniel Connolly.
Publisher New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Copyright ©2016
Description viii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm


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 AM-1st Floor Stacks  B RAMOS CON Nearby on shelf  35922003440264 (none)  AVAILABLE
 BW-Adult Collection  BIO RAMOS Nearby on shelf  30615005785752 01-09-17  AVAILABLE
 CW-Adult Upper Level Non-Fiction  305.235 CON Nearby on shelf  30620005234116 07-10-17  AVAILABLE
 EI-Adult Collection  305.235 CON  30626003061088 03-10-17  AVAILABLE
 IS-Lower Stacks  305.235 CONNOLLY Nearby on shelf  30634002951077 (none)  AVAILABLE
 PM-Adult Collection  B RAMOS CON  30643005688255 02-21-17  AVAILABLE
 RM-Lower Level  BIO RAMOS  064791003643624 05-21-17  AVAILABLE
 SH-Adult-Mezzanine  BIOGRAPHY RAMOS C Nearby on shelf  30652005049020 03-23-17  AVAILABLE
Summary 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.
Subject Ramos, Isaias.
Mexican American students -- Biography.
Children of immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
Minority college students -- United States -- Biography.
Talented students -- United States -- Biography.
Memphis (Tenn.) -- Biography.
Genre Biographies.
ISBN 9781250083067