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A review by coffeekat3
Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a Minneapolis High School by Green Card Voices
4.0
The main topic of this book was about immigrant youth attending Wellstone International High School and/or MCTC and their experience coming to the United States. I enjoyed that it was told in first-person. I think there is a large misconception that many immigrants come here to "take jobs away from Americans," however, most of the stories in this novel were about people fleeing war in their country or suffering from extreme poverty. Many expressed that they wish to return to their country after receiving an education and/or after the political climate gets better. A lot of stories were about adjusting to American life and the English language.
I enjoyed reading this book, I don't know if it was mentioned, but each story read as though the story-teller was speaking to the reader. Basically, it sounded as though these stories were transcribed, and while I know there was digital story-telling going on, it also mentioned that these stories were personal essays (which to me, means writing). So the specific medium used was a bit confusing.
Either way, I enjoyed it. I loved that the stories were accompanied by a picture of the storyteller, because it allowed me to visualize them in their story.
I enjoyed reading this book, I don't know if it was mentioned, but each story read as though the story-teller was speaking to the reader. Basically, it sounded as though these stories were transcribed, and while I know there was digital story-telling going on, it also mentioned that these stories were personal essays (which to me, means writing). So the specific medium used was a bit confusing.
Either way, I enjoyed it. I loved that the stories were accompanied by a picture of the storyteller, because it allowed me to visualize them in their story.