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Youth with CulturalLanguage Differences: Interpreting an Alien World

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By Kenneth McIntosh; Ida Walker
Publisher Mason Crest Publishers
Youth with CulturalLanguage Differences: Interpreting an Alien World
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Someone shoved Tanyahard. She fell face forward onto the dirty sidewalk. Stuff in her purse spilled. Before she realized what happened, Tanya saw her MP3 player fly onto the sidewalk, and someone grabbed it and ran. Hey! Stop! Thats mine! Tanya Begay hates life in Los Angeles, so different from Navajo Nation where she grew up. At her grandfathers urging, she tries to help others in the cityincluding an Afghan immigrant struggling to learn English and a Guatemalan girl caught up in gang violence. The lives of these three girls from three different cultures collide, changing each of their destinies. Along the way, they learn a whole lot about themselves and their cultures, their differences and their similarities. Book jacket.

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17902 words17,902 words
128 pages128 pages
Lexile 970LLexile 970L
Grade 7 to 10Grade 7 to 10
Published 2008Published 2008

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Hear it minority Hear it cancel Hear it harmony Hear it phenomenon Hear it diverse Hear it disadvantage Hear it husky Hear it poll Hear it academic Hear it welfare Hear it frequent Hear it poverty Hear it currency Hear it permanent Hear it sacred Hear it migrant Hear it interior Hear it accommodate Hear it sustain Hear it bias Hear it recite Hear it secede Hear it orientation Hear it shrink Hear it turf Hear it lame Hear it medicinal Hear it crisis Hear it random Hear it prejudice Hear it literal Hear it pupil Hear it internal Hear it industrialized Hear it terrorism Hear it beneficial Hear it ignorant Hear it obtain Hear it submission Hear it phase Hear it optimism Hear it barrier Hear it threshold Hear it persistent Hear it vital Hear it immediate Hear it vicious Hear it brunette Hear it urban Hear it undeveloped Hear it smog Hear it tepee Hear it fitting Hear it ongoing Hear it neglect Hear it constant Hear it indication Hear it numerous Hear it lasagna Hear it a
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Hear it neutralize Hear it unreported Hear it parity Hear it transitional Hear it phenomenon Hear it diverse Hear it tzedakah Hear it repentance Hear it husky Hear it persist Hear it poll Hear it undistorted Hear it currency Hear it deprivation Hear it condiment Hear it equate Hear it sacred Hear it conform Hear it escalate Hear it bilingual Hear it preventable Hear it accommodate Hear it advancement Hear it bias Hear it proficient Hear it distrust Hear it secede Hear it unavailable Hear it curandero Hear it modest Hear it socialization Hear it medicinal Hear it ethnicity Hear it copal Hear it prejudice Hear it integral Hear it inaccurate Hear it literal Hear it pupil Hear it industrialized Hear it ignorant Hear it submission Hear it horrendous Hear it counterfeit Hear it detrimental Hear it shaman Hear it methodical Hear it median Hear it threshold Hear it pigeonhole Hear it census Hear it unequal Hear it prom
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9781422201411

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