Youth with Cultural/Language Differences: Interpreting an Alien World (Helping Youth with Mental, Physical, and Social Challenges)

McIntosh, Kenneth

ISBN 10: 1422201414 ISBN 13: 9781422201411

Publisher: Mason Crest Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

Offers the stories of three girls living in Los Angeles and the effect that poverty, cultural differences, and gang violence has on their lives.

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Synopsis

Someone shoved Tanya - hard. She fell face forward onto the dirty sidewalk. Stuff in her purse spilled. Before she realized what happened, Tanya saw her MP3 player fly onto the sidewalk, and someone grabbed it and ran. "Hey! Stop! That's mine!"Tanya Begay hates life in Los Angeles, so different from Navajo Nation where she grew up. At her grandfather's urging, she tries to help others in the city - including an Afghan immigrant struggling to learn English and a Guatemalan girl caught up in gang violence. The lives of these three girls from three different cultures collide, changing each of their destinies. Along the way, they learn a whole lot about themselves and their cultures, their differences and their similarities.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mason Crest Publishers
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1422201414
• ISBN 13: 9781422201411
• Binding: Library Binding
• Illustrator: Walker Ida
• Number of pages: 128