Welcome to the new world / a graphic novel by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan.
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TextPublication details: New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2020Edition: 1st edDescription: 179 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 23 cmISBN: 9781250305596Subject(s): Refugees -- Syria -- Comic books, strips, etc | Refugees -- United States -- Social conditions -- Comic books, strips, etcGenre/Form: Nonfiction comics. | Comics (Graphic works) Additional physical formats: Online version:: Welcome to the new worldDDC classification: 362.87/095691 LOC classification: PN6727.H2577 | Wel 2020Summary: "After escaping a Syrian prison, Ibrahim Aldabaan and his family fled the country to seek protection in America. Among the few refugees to receive visas, they finally landed in JFK airport on November 8, 2016, Election Day. The family had reached a safe harbor, but woke up to the world of Donald Trump and a Muslim ban that would sever them from the grandmother, brothers, sisters, and cousins stranded in exile in Jordan. Welcome to the New World tells the Aldabaans' story. Resettled in Connecticut with little English, few friends, and even less money, the family of seven strive to create something like home. As a blur of language classes, job-training programs, and the fearsome first days of high school (with hijab) give way to normalcy, the Aldabaans are lulled into a sense of security. A white van cruising slowly past the house prompts some unease, which erupts into full terror when the family receives a death threat and is forced to flee and start all over yet again" -- Provided by publisher.
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Originally published as a twenty-two part series in the New York Times.
Booklist starred, September 2020
"After escaping a Syrian prison, Ibrahim Aldabaan and his family fled the country to seek protection in America. Among the few refugees to receive visas, they finally landed in JFK airport on November 8, 2016, Election Day. The family had reached a safe harbor, but woke up to the world of Donald Trump and a Muslim ban that would sever them from the grandmother, brothers, sisters, and cousins stranded in exile in Jordan. Welcome to the New World tells the Aldabaans' story. Resettled in Connecticut with little English, few friends, and even less money, the family of seven strive to create something like home. As a blur of language classes, job-training programs, and the fearsome first days of high school (with hijab) give way to normalcy, the Aldabaans are lulled into a sense of security. A white van cruising slowly past the house prompts some unease, which erupts into full terror when the family receives a death threat and is forced to flee and start all over yet again" -- Provided by publisher.
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