Coming to America : a Muslim family's story

by Bernard Wolf

Paper Book, 2003

Status

Available

Call number

305.892/762/073

Genres

Nonfiction

Publication

New York : Lee & Low Books, c2003.

Description

Depicts the joys and hardships experienced by a Muslim family that immigrates to New York City from Alexandria, Egypt, in the hope of making a better life life for themselves.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Jenny_Laura

This book is about a family that is from Alexandria, Egypt, and moves to America for a better life. It goes through and shows the family's transition from living in Egypt to living in Queens, New York. It has amazing photographs of their lives at home, school, work, etc. I think that it is a great

book for showing how family migrate to America and their life story.

I would use this with my students to have them relate to others who have also moved to America and how they have shared in a book their adaptations to a new place/country.

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LibraryThing member ShelbyBurton

This story differs from the majority of the stories I have read lately. It is nonfiction and includes interesting aspects that captivated me as a reader. First off, the author chose to use real photography of the family instead of drawings. These images make you feel as if you were really there

with this family, sitting in their living room listening to their stories. It makes you feel more connected to the family. Then the story was told with vivid details. Each family member was described in detail. What they look like, what activities they do and their daily routines. Then they go into detail on what their Muslim practices are like, and how similar their family is to any other American family. This speaks to the author’s main idea that although someone has a different culture that does not mean that they differ from you. The author shows how they celebrate birthdays and love their grandmas just like we do.

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