René Colato Laínez
Author
Publisher
Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
An immigrant boy stands "in the middle of a whirlwind of children," and wonders where he is supposed to go. Finally, a woman speaks to him in a language he doesn't understand and takes him to his classroom. A boy named Carlos helps orient him, but later when he reads aloud, everyone laughs at him. And when he gets an "F" on an assignment, he is sure "I do not belong here."
But gradually the boy begins to learn English. He works hard. He always
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