Call me American : the extraordinary true story of a young Somali immigrant

Title
Call me American : the extraordinary true story of a young Somali immigrant

Author
Iftin, Abdi Nor author.

Uniform Title
Call me American (Delacorte Press)

ISBN
9781984897114

Edition
1st ed.

Physical Description
255 pages ; 22 cm.

Reading Level
900 L Lexile

Personal Subject
Iftin, Abdi Nor.

Subject Term
Somali Americans -- Biography.
 
Immigrants -- Maine -- Biography.
 
Muslims -- Maine -- Biography.
 
Children and war -- Somalia.

Geographic Term
Somalia -- History -- 1991-
 
Mogadishu (Somalia) -- Biography.
 
Maine -- Biography.

Genre
Autobiographies

Added Author
Alexander, Max, 1957-

Local Subject
Teen nonfiction collection.

Summary
Adapted from the adult memoir, an intimate portrait of modern immigration describes how the author's family was forced by war to leave their home in Somalia before he received an opportunity to win the annual U.S. visa lottery.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)TEEN 921 IFTINTeen Nonfiction
Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove)TEEN 921 IFTINTeen Nonfiction
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)TEEN 921 IFTINTeen Nonfiction
Stillwater Public LibraryTEEN 921 IFTINTeen Nonfiction