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Their Great Gift: Courage, Sacrifice, and Hope in a New Land
By John Coy and Wing Young Huie
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With lyrical text and thought-provoking photography, Their Great Gift explores the experiences of immigrants in the twenty-first century, focusing on the lives of children. Images of families who came to the United States from many different parts of the world celebrate the diversity of our country and contain a vision of hope for the future.
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John Coy
John Coy is the author of young adult novels, the 4 for 4 middle-grade series, and nonfiction and fiction picture books including Hoop Genius, Game Changer, Their Great Gift, Dads, and If We Were Gone. He has received numerous awards for his work including a Marion Vannett Ridgway Award, a Charlotte Zolotow Honor, a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year, and the Burr/Warzalla Award for Distinguished Achievement in Children's Literature. John lives by the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Not just a book for Americans about immigrants and immigration but I also see this as a book to be shared and discussed in an ESL class for any age. The prose and photos provide a lot that will resonate with varied kinds of audiences.
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