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I was their American dream : a graphic memoir / Malaka Gharib.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, [2019]Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780525575115
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 305.9/06912/0973 23
LOC classification:
  • PN6727.G5 Z46 2019
Summary: "The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigated her childhood chasing her parents' ideals, learning to code-switch between her family's Filipino and Egyptian customs, adapting to white culture to fit in, crushing on skater boys, and trying to understand the tension between holding onto cultural values and trying to be an all-American kid"--Amazon.com.
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Beverly Middle School GN 305.9 GHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 730072

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"The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigated her childhood chasing her parents' ideals, learning to code-switch between her family's Filipino and Egyptian customs, adapting to white culture to fit in, crushing on skater boys, and trying to understand the tension between holding onto cultural values and trying to be an all-American kid"--Amazon.com.

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