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Author Gharib, Malaka, author, illustrator.

Title I was their American dream : a graphic memoir / Malaka Gharib ; coloring by Toby Leigh.

Publication Info. New York : Clarkson Potter, Publishers, [2019]
©2019

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  GRAPHIC 92 GHARIB    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Department  GRAPHIC 92 GHARIB    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Teen New Books  GRAPHIC YF GHARIB    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  GRAPHIC NOVEL I WAS THEIR AMERICAN DREAM    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  GRAPHIC NOVEL I    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  GRAPHIC B GHARIB MALAKA G    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  GRAPHIC NOVEL GHARIB    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Basement Materials  GRAPHIC NOVEL GHARIB    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Graphic Novel  FIC-GHARIB    Missing
 New Britain, Main Library - Young Adult  YA 92 GHARIB, M    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 156 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary "I Was Their American Dream is at once a coming-of-age story and a reminder of the thousands of immigrants who come to America in search for a better life for themselves and their children. The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigated her childhood chasing her parents' ideals, learning to code-switch between her family's Filipino and Egyptian customs, adapting to white culture to fit in, crushing on skater boys, and trying to understand the tension between holding onto cultural values and trying to be an all-American kid. Malaka Gharib's triumphant graphic memoir brings to life her teenage antics and illuminates earnest questions about identity and culture, while providing thoughtful insight into the lives of modern immigrants and the generation of millennial children they raised. Malaka's story is a heartfelt tribute to the American immigrants who have invested their future in the promise of the American dream."--Amazon.
Subject Gharib, Malaka -- Juvenile literature -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Immigrants -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racially mixed people -- Biography -- Juvenile literature -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Filipino Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Egyptian Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature -- Comic books, strips, etc.
American Dream -- Juvenile literature -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Racially mixed people. (OCoLC)fst01086595
Filipino Americans. (OCoLC)fst00924194
Egyptian Americans. (OCoLC)fst00903919
Cartoonists. (OCoLC)fst00848081
American Dream. (OCoLC)fst01738531
Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst01726630
Biographical comics. (OCoLC)fst01921595
Young adult literature.
Comic books, strips, etc. (OCoLC)fst01423722
Graphic novels.
Biographical comics.
Added Author Leigh, Toby, colorist.
ISBN 0525575111 (paperback)
9780525575115 (paperback)
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