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America, My New Home : Poems by Gunning, Monica, Condon, Ken, ill is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.
What is America, My New Home : Poems about?
From her Caribbean island birthplace, a young girl carries a dream and journeys to a new land that is at once puzzling, frightening, and inspiring. In twenty-three compelling poems, Jamaican-born poet Monica Gunning tells her immigrant's story with gentle humor, grace, and a child's sense of wonder. She describes a place where skyscrapers, rather than the moon, light the night; where people dress in woolens, ready for snow; where no one knows your name. Yet this same place offers exciting treasu
Who reads America, My New Home : Poems?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Gunning, Monica, Condon, Ken, ill
- Publisher
- Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781629791715
- Category
- children's
- Subjects
- Poetry, Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.67 / 5 (18 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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