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Jane Medina writes with the power of Jorge's voice because she lives in two worlds. In their home, Jane, her husband, Paulo, and their children, Annie and Joey, mingle the languages and customs of Mexico and the United States. In the elementary school where Jane teaches, children like Jorge and Tim mostrar mais are encouraged to share the richness of their heritages with one another. Jane lives in Orange, California. mostrar menos

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A great book that should be introduced in all classrooms, as we have a current debate about immigration.
 
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Georgiaeli | 30 outras críticas | Mar 8, 2022 |
So this is going to be in my classroom, simply for the fact of our location being close to the border. It is following the struggle of mexiacn boy coming to america and having to learn a new language.
 
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Blaise_G | 30 outras críticas | Feb 25, 2022 |
This story is about Jorge who is an immigrant to the United States. The story follows Jorge's experience in ELL classes and how Hispanic people are viewed by white people. Jorge, unfortunately, experiences racism, deculturization, and even culture shock. This is a good story to talk about tolerance and discrimination.
 
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SamanthaMehl | 30 outras críticas | Feb 24, 2022 |
This is a story about Jorge, a boy who immigrated to the U.S. with his father, and little sister. The story covers his experience being placed in ELL classes, and basically segregated from the rest of the class, and also about how people of Mexican decent are viewed by the white kids, which is not good. Jorge experiences racism, and deculturalization at school as well as culture shock. He is used to being the smart kid back home, but at his new school, he is viewed as a dummy, in fact, this is how he views himself. The book also features intercultural discrimination in the form of colorism. Jorge talks about how he and his friend, Miguel call Marcela names and tease her for being "even darker" than Miguel, and they call her "Marcela la fea" throughout the book.
This is a good book to present to my students for the purpose of exploring the life and experiences of the children of immigrants. I can use this to give perspective, and to teach tolerance. This book gives both examples, and non-examples of tolerance and discrimination.
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fmatiella1 | 30 outras críticas | Feb 23, 2022 |

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Obras
3
Membros
286
Popularidade
#81,618
Avaliação
½ 4.4
Críticas
32
ISBN
16
Línguas
1

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