TY - BOOK AU - Gallo,Donald R. TI - First crossing: stories about teen immigrants SN - 978-0-7636-3291-5 PY - 2004///, 2007 CY - Cambridge, Mass PB - Candlewick Press KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Fiction KW - Short stories N1 - Contents: First crossing / Pam Munoz Ryan -- Second culture kids / Dian Curtis Regan -- My favorite chaperone / Jean Davies Okimoto -- They don't mean it! / Lensey Namoika -- Pulling up stakes / David Lubar -- Lines of scrimmage / Elsa Marston -- The Swede / Alden R. Carter -- The Rose of Sharon / Marie G. Lee -- Make Maddie mad / Rita Williams-Garcia -- The green armchair / Minfong Ho; Accelerated Reader; 5.1; 8.0 N2 - Stories of recent Mexican, Venezuelan, Kazakh, Chinese, Romanian, Palestinian, Swedish, Korean, Haitian and Cambodian immigrants reveal what it is like to face prejudice, language barriers, and homesickness along with common teenage feelings and needs ER -