TY  - BOOK
AU  - Halpern,Jake
AU  - Sloan,Michael
TI  - Welcome to the new world
SN  - 9781250305596
AV  - NODATA 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York
PB  - Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company
KW  - Refugees
KW  - Syria
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - United States
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - "Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times series"--Cover; Chiefly illustrations; This book was bought with money from the Canton Public Library Book Purchase Enrichment Fund established in 2017 with the Canton Community Foundation by Appreciative Readers, December 2020
N2  - "After escaping a Syrian prison, Ibrahim Aldabaan and his family fled the country to seek protection in America. Among the few refugees to receive visas, they finally landed in JFK airport on November 8, 2016, Election Day. The family had reached a safe harbor, but woke up to the world of Donald Trump and a Muslim ban that would sever them from the grandmother, brothers, sisters, and cousins stranded in exile in Jordan. Welcome to the New World tells the Aldabaans' story. Resettled in Connecticut with little English, few friends, and even less money, the family of seven strive to create something like home. As a blur of language classes, job-training programs, and the fearsome first days of high school (with hijab) give way to normalcy, the Aldabaans are lulled into a sense of security. A white van cruising slowly past the house prompts some unease, which erupts into full terror when the family receives a death threat and is forced to flee and start all over yet again. The America in which the Aldabaans must make their way is by turns kind and ignorant, generous and cruel, uplifting and heartbreaking"--
ER  -