"The Fugees, whose families had fled conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, and
other international hot spots, came together in Clarkston, Georgia, a depressed
town that had been designated a settlement center for war refugees.
They found one another through the heroic efforts of a young Jordanian-born woman —
their soccer coach, Luma Mufleh. But Mufleh’s efforts to bring the kids together
were impeded by some of Clarkston’s longtime residents.
As St. John tells it, the Fugees’ story is something of a radical social
experiment: a test case in 21st-century immigration and identity politics. But it’s
also a deeply moving example of what men and women of goodwill can do."
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385522037?ie=UTF8&tag=veryshortlist-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385522037
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Patricia Sarles, MA, MLS
Librarian
Damrosch Day Treatment School
NYC Department of Education
750 Jennings Street
Bronx, NY 10459
voice: 718 378-0006 x2172
fax: 718 589-9544
p s a r l e s @ s c h o o l s . n y c . g o v
http://damroschlibrary.blogspot.com/
http://robinhoodlibrarians.wikispaces.com
"Ten guards and the warden couldn't have torn me out of those books. Months passed
without even thinking about being imprisoned....I had never been so truly free in
my life." - Malcolm X
"Some kids go to the library ... Others to the street. But they can't go to the
libraries if the libraries are closed." - Officer Dombranski, NYPD
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