The book of Isaias: a child of Hispanic immigrants seeks his own America
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"In a green town in the middle of America, 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. Mexican immigration has brought the proportion of Hispanics in the nation's youth population to roughly one in four. Every day, children of immigrants make decisions about their lives that will shape our society and economy for generations. In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and A Hope in the Unseen, this engaging, poignant book captures an American microcosm and illustrates broader challenges for our collective future"--
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Biographies
Children of immigrants
Children of immigrants -- United States -- Biography
Memphis (Tenn.) -- Biography
Mexican American students
Mexican American students -- Biography
Minority college students
Minority college students -- United States -- Biography
Ramos, Isaias
Talented students
Talented students -- United States -- Biography
Children of immigrants
Children of immigrants -- United States -- Biography
Memphis (Tenn.) -- Biography
Mexican American students
Mexican American students -- Biography
Minority college students
Minority college students -- United States -- Biography
Ramos, Isaias
Talented students
Talented students -- United States -- Biography
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subject_facet | Biographies Children of immigrants -- United States -- Biography Memphis (Tenn.) -- Biography Mexican American students -- Biography Minority college students -- United States -- Biography Ramos, Isaias Talented students -- United States -- Biography | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | The book of Isaias : a child of Hispanic immigrants seeks his own America | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | The book of Isaias : a child of Hispanic immigrants seeks his own America / Daniel Connolly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | The book of Isaias | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | a child of Hispanic immigrants seeks his own America | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Children of immigrants Mexican American students Minority college students Ramos, Isaias Talented students |