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Saedi, Sara.
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Saedi, Sara.
Iranian Americans -- Biography.
Immigrants -- Biography.
Noncitizens -- Biography.
Families -- California -- Biography.
Immigrants.
Noncitizens.
California -- History -- 20th century.
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Saedi, Sara.
Saedi, Sara.
Iranian Americans -- Biography.
Immigrants -- Biography.
Noncitizens -- Biography.
Families -- California -- Biography.
Immigrants.
Noncitizens.
California -- History -- 20th century.
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Americanized : rebel without a green card /
Sara
Saedi
.
by
Saedi
,
Sara
.
Alfred A. Knopf, c2018.
Call #:
305.89155 S127a
Subjects
Saedi
,
Sara
.
Iranian Americans -- Biography.
Immigrants -- Biography.
Noncitizens -- Biography.
Families -- California -- Biography.
Immigrants.
Noncitizens.
California -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781524717797
1524717797
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Summary:
At thirteen, bright-eyed, straight-A student
Sara
Saedi
uncovered a terrible family secret: she was breaking the law simply by living in the United States. Only two years old when her parents fled Iran, she didn't learn of her undocumented status until her older sister wanted to apply for an after-school job, but couldn't because she didn't have a Social Security number. Fear of deportation kept
Sara
up at night, but it didn't keep her from being a teenager. She desperately wanted a green card, along with clear skin, her own car, and a boyfriend. From discovering that her parents secretly divorced to facilitate her mother's green card application to learning how to tame her unibrow,
Sara
pivots gracefully from the terrifying prospect that she might be kicked out of the country to the almost-as-terrifying possibility that she might be the only one without a date to the prom. This moving, often hilarious story is for anyone who has ever shared either fear.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
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