Refugee/Immigrant Memoir
Here are some suggestions for your 2024 Book Bingo NW category: Refugee/Immigrant Memoir. Book Bingo is our annual adult summer reading program presented in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures. Annotations with attribution. GN=Graphic Novel
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Fairest
Fairest is a memoir about a precocious boy with albinism, a "sun child" from a rural Philippine village, who would grow up to become a woman in America. Throughout her journey, Talusan shares poignant and powerful episodes of desirability and love. (Publisher)
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Sigh, Gone
For anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong, Sigh, Gone shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of displacement and assimilation woven together with poignant themes from beloved works of classic literature. (Publisher)
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How Dare the Sun Rise
This profoundly moving memoir is the remarkable and inspiring true story of Sandra Uwiringiyimana, a girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who tells the tale of how she survived a massacre, immigrated to America, and overcame her trauma through art and activism. (Publisher)
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Voces Sin Fronteras
YA GN. Personal accounts of 16 young Latin American immigrants told as side-by-side pen-and-ink bilingual comics. The compelling stories shared by these students…signal their desire to serve as beacons or lifelines for other young immigrants. (Publisher)
Format: Graphic Novel
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Somewhere in the Unknown World
Although Minnesota is not famous for its diversity, the state has welcomed more refugees per capita than any other. Yang-- herself a Hmong refugee-- has gathered stories of the stateless who today call the Twin Cities home. (Publisher)
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