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The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in America, by Helen Thorpe
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“A delicate and heartbreaking mystery story...Thorpe’s book is a reminder that in an era of nativism, some Americans are still breaking down walls and nurturing newcomers, the seeds of the great American experiment.” —The New York Times Book Review“Extraordinary. . . . The Newcomers puts a human face on the refugee question. The book is a journalistic triumph. Thorpe . . . pens a masterful book that lets readers see the humanity instead of the facts and figures and politics of the immigration debate.” —The Denver Post“This book is not only an intimate look at lives immigrant teens live, but it is a primer on the art and science of new language acquisition and a portrait of ongoing and emerging global horrors and the human fallout that arrives on our shores… The teens we meet have endured things none of us can imagine…But we learn a great deal, and that’s never been more crucial than at this moment.” —USA Today“Thorpe’s fascinating chronicle of a year in an English-acquisition class at a Denver high school provides a timely and much-needed perspective on the global refugee crisis.” —Los Angeles Times“Thorpe provides a layered portrait of the students and explains the daunting refugee crisis in America and elsewhere . . . . [and] puts an agonizing human face on a vast global problem.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review“An extensive, riveting account that presents the manifold challenges of the refugee crisis through the microcosm of one classroom.” —Booklist“Few books could be more vital, in this particular moment or in any moment, than this book. Helen Thorpe writes expansively about one school, one classroom, one teacher, one group of students—students who hail from the most severe places in the world and come together at South High. Confused, troubled, bright, magnificent: they converge, ostensibly to learn English, learning so much more than a language—learning about us and about themselves, all the bad and all the good. You need to meet these young people. Once you do, everything you read or hear or say will be illuminated and changed.” —Jeff Hobbs, author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace“Helen Thorpe didn’t miss a detail during the year she spent watching twenty-two young refugees begin to learn how to speak English (difficult) and how to be American (even more difficult). No one with a pulse could fail to be moved by this beautifully reported book.” —Anne Fadiman, author of The Wine Lover's Daughter: A Memoir and The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down“In this time of great anxiety, this splendid, humane, beautifully crafted book is a reminder of America’s proud, historic role as a beacon of hope to the world. And it is a terrific story.” —Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of No Ordinary Time, Team of Rivals, and The Bully Pulpit “I loved this book. It brims with teenage life, with a sense of America being reborn, of new Americans being made. Cultures converge in a high school classroom where teenagers—with all the energy, earnestness, and embarrassment we expect, but also with trauma—learn English with the help of a teacher who appreciates all the ways it’s not easy. The Newcomers teaches us about parts of the world we can barely imagine and also takes us into their new American homes. Helen Thorpe, herself the child of immigrants, is a terrific writer and a steadfast character witness to these people so many of us fear.” —Ted Conover, author of Coyotes, Newjack, and Immersion
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About the Author
Helen Thorpe was born in London and grew up in New Jersey. Her journalism has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, New York magazine, The New Yorker, Slate, and Harper’s Bazaar. Her radio stories have aired on This American Life and Sound Print. She is the author of Just Like Us, Soldier Girls, and The Newcomers and lives in Denver.
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Product details
Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Scribner; Reprint edition (September 18, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1501159100
ISBN-13: 978-1501159107
Product Dimensions:
5.5 x 1 x 8.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.8 out of 5 stars
95 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#40,627 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
I pre-ordered and have just downloaded Helen Thorpe’s recently released book, “The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom.†No small feat since I am serving as a Fulbright Scholar in Axum, Ethiopia. She documents the experiences of refugee and immigrant students from around the world who have come to South High School in Denver. The students come from war-torn places such as Iraq, Burma, El Salvador and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and settle with and without their families in Denver. She focuses on one teacher in an English Language Acquisition class and how he works with these young teenagers as they learn both language and intercultural skills, the language skills made more difficult for those whose language use non-Roman scripts.This book really resonates with me as I am struggling (and conquering) the Ethiopian Amharic Fidel. Little by little, the syllabry is beginning to click. And although I may not yet know the meaning of the words, I am beginning to be able to decipher the characters on signs as I walk the streets.I just finished the chapter on the African Community Center in Denver. The ACC is under the aegis of the Ethiopian Community Development Council, the same organization that is responsible for the Axumite Heritage Foundation Library here in Axum, and one of the projects that I am working on while I am here. ACC works primarily in resettling refugees. Imagine my surprise when she highlighted a friend of mine, Hussen Abdulahi, the employment specialist at ACC. Despite the early morning hours, I called the founder of ECDC, who is here in Ethiopia at the moment.What a small world this is!ACC does such great work, including the Refugees’ First Thanksgiving Dinner.From my home in Axum, I highly recommend readers pick up Helen’s latest book, especially as the climate changes in the U.S. and is far less welcoming.
Summary:In Denver Colorado there is a special group of classes, ELA classes, given to the kids of new refugees.  Teens from all over the world, newly resettled into America from across the globe, come together to learn English, and get caught up in school- some of which have been out for some time. Thorpe joined the class for a year, getting to know the teachers and students while also researching what each of these families went through before coming to America, and what they dealt with after. This book takes place in 2015, around the time that Trump started his campaigning in earnest. While families from Vietnam, Somalia, the DRC, El Salvador and many other areas were trying to acclimate to a very different life and learning how to move through a new society, racism is beginning to run rampant. Students are worried- both the refugees and regular students. It brings to light what each family went through, and how hard they work to become self reliant.It also begs the question- what are we going to do? Are we, as a country going to accept refugees- truly accept these people and work to help them? Or do we close our boarders and our hearts? Can we even make such a decision without knowing what they are going through- not just what they had to go through in their lives, but the trouble they have once here- learning English, getting jobs, racism and misunderstandings?My thoughts:I loved this book, but it broke me. These are teens- children really- who have had their lives threatened. Some had to hide from soldiers- or witnessed car bombs in their own neighborhood. Some were born in refugee camps- one family went through the process of trying to get accepted for ten years. We are talking about a 22 step vetting process in some instances. So many of us, myself included, feel like we are knowledgeable about these issues- but I knew nothing about what these families went through- and very little about what help is available to refugees when they get here. While the families stories were painful, and hard to handle; I found myself taking my time and pushing through. I loved this book. For me, this is a definite five star.  The adult content scale is hard to be objective about here. There is so much violence, so much pain, talk of (the threat of ) rape and death…. I would not feel comfortable giving this book to a teen. Also, you have to think about the fact that in 2015, many of the refugees written about were teens- would I be ready for Juliet to read about someone her own age going through all this? I don’t think I could, unless there was a lot of discussion time afterward. I have to give this one an eight.  I received an eARC of this book from Netgalley and Scribner Publishing for the price of an honest review. Many thanks- I loved it so much that I preordered a hard-copy from Amazon and will receive it Tuesday.The book comes out 11-14-17…. I cannot stress the importance of this book at this time, when refugees are so numerous, and their acceptance into new countries so uncertain.
As a Denver resident who works with refugees, I devour anything to help me better understand their new life. The author does a beautiful job of discussing the various ways in which newcomers have to adjust to life in the USA. Her research was thorough, and she has a conversational way of introducing us to room 142. What a gift this book adds to the national conversation around immigration. I couldn’t put this down. Thank you so much for writing this book!
A book for our times. Welcome to Room 142 - the classroom for Mr. Williams and his open arms to help newly re-settled refugees learn English and adapt to life in America. Their stories and their journeys are gut-wrenching and show why we must be willing to help our fellow man. Welcome to Trump America - if the color of your skin is different, your clothes are different and/or your accent is different, you are not welcome. I prefer Mr. Williams's America in Room 142. Thanks to Helen Thorpe for a delightful yet poignant and dramatic journey into the lives of the world's "castoffs" and into the lives of those who reach to others willingly and unselfishly.
Helen Thorpe delivers another compelling and relevant book. Beautifully written, this book tells the story of "newcomers" - new immigrant children attending a Denver school in a neighborhood of many diverse immigrant populations. In the current climate of DACA and Dreamers, and demonization of immigrants by some, this book puts a human face on the humanity, the hopes, dreams - and fears - of these young people. A must read for anyone who wants to understand these issues, from the perspective of those must vulnerable and most deeply affected.
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