A review by jillblumenthal
Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town by Warren St. John

5.0

I strongly recommend this book -- it really changed my perspective on the United States, immigration, and refugees. It's a remarkable story -- the author, a NY Times journalist, uses an all-refugee youth soccer team and its coach to examine the effects of refugee immigration on an American town. I learned a lot about how challenging it is to be a refugee, both practically and psychologically, plus I definitely was exposed to countries of the world -- like Congo, Bosnia, Liberia, and Burundi -- where there are terrible conflicts.

Although I read this on my own initiative, I may recommend it to my book club -- it would be a great book to discuss.