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Author Saedi, Sara, author.

Title Americanized : rebel without a green card / Sara Saedi. [Boundless electronic resource]

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations
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Contents A brief (but juicy) history of my birthplace (and my birth) -- Partners in immigration crime -- What's the difference between being Persian and being Iranian -- Sporting the Frida Kahlo -- What do Iranians have against Sally Field? -- Love and other drugs -- My Muslim grandmother and me -- Why do Iranians keep watering cans in their bathrooms? -- I didn't ask to raise this anchor baby -- Rhinoplasty acne-pocalypse -- What is the deal with Iranian weddings? -- Thick as thieves -- Divorce: Illegal immigrant-style -- Why do Iranians always argue over the bill? -- I am a product of incest -- Home, sweet homeless -- Why the hell is it the year 1396 in Iran? -- Sex, prom, and other catastrophes -- Illegal immigrant problems -- I'm undocumented and I'm scared. Any words of advice? -- I am a spork -- An open letter to myself -- Your illegal immigrant refresher course!
Audience 1030L Lexile
Study Program Accelerated Reader UG 7.5 11 11 195046
Note "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Copyright page.
Summary The author describes how, in San Jose, California, in the 1990s, her life as an Iranian American teen was upended by her discovery that she and her family entered as undocumented immigrants.
In San Jose, California, in the 1990s, teenaged Sara keeps a diary of life as an Iranian American and her discovery that she and her family entered as undocumented immigrants.
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Subject Saedi, Sara -- Juvenile literature.
Saedi, Sara.
Iranian Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Immigrants -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Noncitizens -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Illegal immigration -- Juvenile literature.
Families -- California -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Iranian Americans -- Biography.
Immigrants -- Biography.
Noncitizens -- Biography.
Families -- California -- Biography.
Illegal immigration.
Iranian Americans -- Fiction.
Family life -- California -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction.
Noncitizens -- Fiction.
Illegal immigration -- Fiction.
California -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Saedi, Sara.
Iranian Americans.
Immigrants.
Illegal aliens.
Family life -- California.
California -- History -- 20th century.
Women -- Biography.
California -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Genre Young adult literature.
Biographies.
Other Form: Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Saedi, Sara. Americanized First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2018] 9781524717797 (DLC) 2016057751
ISBN 9781524717810
1524717819
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