01980cam a2200337 i 4500 336846643 TxAuBib 20180116120000.0 171103s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2017036773 9781501159091 1501159097 TxAuBib rda Thorpe, Helen, 1965- The newcomers : finding refuge, friendship, and hope in an American classroom / Helen Thorpe. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York : Scribner, 2017. ℗2017. xv, 396 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Follows the lives of twenty-two immigrant teenagers from nations devastated by drought or famine or war, over the course of their first school year in America. The talented and endlessly resourceful Denver South High School teacher Mr. Eddie Williams welcomes these students, who speak fourteen different languages but no English and are completely unfamiliar with American culture, to his specially created English Language Acquisition class. He guides them through the enormous challenges of gaining basic English skills, adapting to life in the developed world, and coping with the usual pangs of adolescence. Together their class represents a microcosm of the global refugee crisis, and highlights the moral issues of immigration, inclusion, and America's role on the global stage. 20180116. Teenage immigrants Education (Secondary) Colorado Denver. Teenage immigrants Colorado Denver. Teenage refugees Education (Secondary) Colorado Denver. Teenage refugees Colorado Denver. English language Study and teaching Foreign speakers. Americanization.