Sandra Neil Wallace

First Generation

36 Trailblazing Immigrants and Refugees Who Make America Great

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Celebrate the genius, diversity, and grit of immigrants and refugees in this boldly illustrated guide to 36 American trailblazers. The men and women in this book represent nations from Somalia to Germany, from Syria to China, from Mexico to Sweden, and more. They are people like Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, international singing sensation Celia Cruz, star basketball player Dikembe Mutombo, world-renowned physicist Albert Einstein, and influential journalist Jorge Ramos. And they are all immigrants or refugees to the United States of America. Their courage, their achievements, and their determination to change the world have helped m… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Wallace, Rich / Nowicka, Agata (Illustr.)

ISBN: 978-0-316-51523-8
EAN: 9780316515238
Produktnummer: 28465455
Verlag: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 96 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 24'262 KB
Sonstiges: Ab 8 - 12 J.

Über den Autor

Investigative journalists Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace are award-winning novelists and nonfiction authors of books like Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for Civil Rights and Bound by Ice: A True North Pole Survival Story. Sandra is a former news anchor and ESPN sportscaster. The daughter of a refugee, she became a US citizen in 2016. Rich was a longtime senior editor at Highlights magazine. Both Sandra and Rich are members of the advisory council for the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College and are founding members of the Keene Immigrant and Refugee Partnership. They live in New Hampshire.Agata Nowicka is an illustrator and a comics artist. She spent her childhood drawing on everything with everything, including her mother's red lipstick on the staircase walls. She became an illustrator because she never wanted to stop drawing. Agata immigrated to the United States from Warsaw, Poland and now lives in New York City.