Books with author Janet Bode

Newly arrived teenaged immigrants describe their experiences in America, recount traditions of their native countries, and present short stories, poems, recipes, and artwork. Also provides interviews with native born American teenagers who share their family histories.Newly arrived teenaged immigrants describe their experiences in America, recount traditions of their native countries, and present short stories, poems, recipes, and artwork, while native born American teenagers share their family histories

Voices of a changing America. . . The are teen immigrants. Thousands of them enter America each year, sometimes illegally. They have escaped war poverty, and repression to carve out new lives in a new world. Here eleven of these young immigrants tell their stories in their own words. You'll meet Abdul from Afghanistan, who entered America in eighth grade not knowing a word of English. Now he wears stone-washed jeans and aviator glasses like other American kids, but keeps his Moslem faith. Xiaojun tells of her village from rural China, and her new home in New York's Chinatown. Von from Vietnam reveals how he and his father escaped from Saigon and traveled to safety with fifty others on a twelve-foot-long boat. If you, too, have immigrated to this country, you'll see something of yourself in these true stories. If you were born in America, you'll learn more about your classmates. No matter what your background, you'll get to know some courageous young people you'll never forget.

I just graduated from high school I feel we had a curse on my class. Six people died. The worst was Shannon, my best friend. She was free-spirited, the last person you'd expect to die. One day she's great. The next day she's dead. I wasn't prepared for it. -- Leticia, age 17Death Is Hard To Live WithThrough interviews with teenagers who have experienced the death of a friend or relative, Janet Bode explores ways of making peace with the shock, guilt, and tragedy of death. Young adults who feel defeated can learn through these examples and, by reading what worked tor their peers, discover that they, too, can find a way to cope.