Arab American Heritage Month

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1. I was their American dream: a graphic memoir

Book cover for "I was their American dream"

Author:

Gharib, Malaka

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3.5 stars

Hamden/Brundage Community Adult Graphic Novels

92/GHARIB (GRAPHIC NOVEL)

Available Copies	Location	Call Number
1 of 1	Hamden/Brundage Community Adult Graphic Novels	92/GHARIB (GRAPHIC NOVEL)
1 of 1	Guilford YA Graphic	YA GRAPHIC BIOG GHARIB, MALAKA
1 of 1	Haddam/Brainerd Young Adult Nonfiction	YA GRAPHIC GHARIB
1 of 1	New London Young Adult Graphic Book	YAG B GHARIB
1 of 1	Old Lyme YA Graphic Novel	YA GRAPHIC BIO GHARIB
0 of 1	Wallingford Adult Graphic Literature	B GHARIB MALAKA GH
0 of 1	West Haven Main Graphic Novels	YA GRAPHIC NOVEL GHARIB
1 of 1	Westbrook Young Adult Fiction	YA GN GHA
1 of 1	Woodbridge Young Adult Graphic Novels	GRAPHIC YA GHARIB

Pub. Date

Edition

Publisher

Physical Desc.

Availability

2019

First edition

Clarkson Potter

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm

Hamden/Brundage Community Adult Graphic Novels

92/GHARIB (GRAPHIC NOVEL)

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"I Was Their American Dream is at once a coming-of-age story and a reminder of the thousands of immigrants who come to America in search for a better life for themselves and their children. The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigated her childhood chasing her parents' ideals, learning to code-switch between her family's Filipino and Egyptian customs, adapting to white culture to fit in, crushing on skater boys, and...