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03168aam a2200481 i 4500 001 51D52C8A95C211E6B0265CBFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161019010131 008 160622s2016 nyua 000 0beng 010 $a 2016018423 020 $a 1250083060 020 $a 9781250083067 035 $a (OCoLC)932576636 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d GK8 $d SFR $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-tn $a n-us-tn 050 00 $a E184.M5 $b C658 2016 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Connolly, Daniel, $e author. 245 14 $a The book of Isaias : $b a child of Hispanic immigrants seeks his own America / $c Daniel Connolly. 263 $a 1610 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b St. Martin's Press, $c 2016. 300 $a viii, 258 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "In a green town in the middle of America, a bright 18-year-old Hispanic student named Isaias Ramos sets out on the journey to college. Isaias, who passed a prestigious national calculus test as a junior and leads the quiz bowl team, is the hope of Kingsbury High in Memphis, a school where many students have difficulty reading. But Kingsbury's dysfunction, expensive college fees, and forms printed in a language that's foreign to his parents are all obstacles in the way of getting him to a university. Isaias also doubts the value of college and says he might go to work in his family's painting business after high school, despite his academic potential. Is Isaias making a rational choice? Or does he simply hope to avoid pain by deferring dreams that may not come to fruition? This is what journalist Daniel Connolly attempts to uncover in The Book of Isaias as he follows Isaias, peers into a tumultuous final year of high school, and, eventually, shows how adults intervene in the hopes of changing Isaias' life. Mexican immigration has brought the proportion of Hispanics in the nation's youth population to roughly one in four. Every day, children of immigrants make decisions about their lives that will shape our society and economy for generations. In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and A Hope in the Unseen, this engaging, poignant book captures an American microcosm and illustrates broader challenges for our collective future"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Ramos, Isaias. 650 0 $a Mexican American students $v Biography. 650 0 $a Children of immigrants $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Minority college students $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Talented students $z United States $v Biography. 651 0 $a Memphis (Tenn.) $v Biography. 650 0 $a Biographies. 941 $a 10 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204084608.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110070511.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210014338.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006101549.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20171129010246.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20170802013101.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20170620010947.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20170301011706.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20161202013649.0 952 $l ZYPE837 $d 20161102015654.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=51D52C8A95C211E6B0265CBFDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search