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Author Marcom, Micheline Aharonian, 1968- author.

Title The new American / Micheline Aharonian Marcom.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
©2020

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  F MARCOM, M.    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  FIC MARCOM    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  FICTION MARCOM    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  F MARCOM    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  FIC MARC    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Adult Fiction  MARCOM, MICHELINE AHARONIAN    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F MARCOM    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  F MARCOM, M.    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Adult Fiction  FIC MARCOM    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Adult Fiction  F MARCON, MICHELINE    Check Shelf

Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description xi, 271 pages : map ; 22 cm
Summary "Emilio thinks he is living the American Dream: his parents, who emigrated from Guatemala to California, sacrifice daily to make sure of it. And his life seems relatively normal until he turns sixteen. Like most teenagers, Emilio is determined to get his driver's license--however, his mother dissuades him from doing so. When Emilio asks why, his parents reveal a shocking secret: he is undocumented. Emilio adjusts to his new normal. Under the Dreamers' Act, he attends Berkley. He falls in love. Everything seems fine...until Emilio gets into a car accident and--without a driver's license or any documentation--the policeman on the scene reports him to Immigration Services. Emilio is deported to Guatemala. But he is determined to get back to California, the only home he has ever known. It is an epic journey that takes him through the cities, jungles, and deserts of South America, towards thieves and corrupt law enforcement but also kind strangers and new friends. Drawing from interviews with Dreamers, and told in lyrical prose, Micheline Marcom weaves a heart-pounding and heartbreaking tale of adventure. This is a timely novel that asks us what we have in common, across experiences and borders, and what truly makes us American"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Guatemalans -- United States -- Fiction.
Teenage immigrants -- United States -- Fiction.
Teenage immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
Guatemalans -- United States -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
Emigration and immigration law -- United States -- Fiction.
Guatemalans -- Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
FICTION / Literary.
FICTION / Hispanic & Latino.
Emigration and immigration. (OCoLC)fst00908690
Emigration and immigration law. (OCoLC)fst00908736
Guatemalans. (OCoLC)fst00948869
Teenage immigrants. (OCoLC)fst01145462
Teenage immigrants -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01145466
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
Novels.
Other Form: Online version: Marcom, Micheline Aharonian, 1968- New American. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020. 9781982120740 (DLC) 2019049303
ISBN 9781982120726 hardcover
198212072X hardcover
9781982120733 paperback
1982120738 paperback
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