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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, [2019]
©2019

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  305.906912 G341Bg 2019    ---  Available
 PHS Graphic Novel  GN 305.9 Gharib    ---  Available
1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.
Edition First edition.
Description 156 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
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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, colourist.
ISBN 9780525575115 (paperback)
0525575111 (paperback)

 
    
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