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01556cam a2200361 a 4500 001 DFBC59922B0811DEBA4F1C08A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20220930010357 008 040525s2005 nyu c 000 1 eng 010 $a 2004053249 020 $a 9780374380472 020 $a 0374380473 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d OCO $d XY4 $d BAKER $d BTCTA $d IWV $d SILO 042 $a lcac 050 00 $a PZ7.M47887 $b Sw 2005 082 00 $a [Fic] $2 22 100 1 $a Mead, Alice. 245 1 $a Swimming to America / $c Alice Mead. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $c 2005. 300 $a 153 p. ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a Eighth grader Linda Berati struggles to understand who she is within the context of her mother's secrecy about the family background, her discomfort with her old girlfriends, her involvement with the family problems of her Cuban-American friend Ramon, and an opportunity to attend a school for "free spirits" like herself. 650 1 $a Immigrants $v Fiction. 650 1 $a Identity $v Fiction. 650 1 $a Self-perception $v Fiction. 650 1 $a Mothers and daughters $v Fiction. 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0618/2004053249-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0618/2004053249-d.html 941 $a 2 952 $l P1AX906 $d 20230112010127.0 952 $l UTAX115 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DFBC59922B0811DEBA4F1C08A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search