Youth with Cultural/Language Differences

by McIntosh, Kenneth; Walker, Ida

• ISBN13: 9781422201411
• ISBN10: 1422201414
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-09-01
• Publisher: Mason Crest

Summary

Someone shoved Tanya-hard. She fell face forward onto the dirty sidewalk. Stuff in her purse spilled. Before she realized what happened, Tanya saw her MP3 player fly onto the sidewalk, and someone grabbed it and ran. "Hey! Stop! That's mine!" Tanya Begay hates life in Los Angeles, so different from Navajo Nation where she grew up. At her grandfather's urging, she tries to help others in the city-including an Afghan immigrant struggling to learn English and a Guatemalan girl caught up in gang violence. The lives of these three girls from three different cultures collide, changing each of their destinies. Along the way, they learn a whole lot about themselves and their cultures, their differences and their similarities. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 6
Urban Native	p. 9
Surprise Visit	p. 19
Nura	p. 45
Angela	p. 65
Haunted by the Past	p. 79
Blood on the Street	p. 97
Ancient Ways	p. 107
Glossary	p. 119
Further Reading	p. 122
For More Information	p. 123
Bibliography	p. 124
Index	p. 126
Picture Credits	p. 127
Author and Consultant Biographies	p. 128
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