The School I Deserve: Six Young Refugees and Their Fight for Equality in America

by Jo Napolitano

Book Overview

Uncovers the key civil rights battle that immigrant children fought alongside the ACLU to ensure equal access to education within a xenophobic nation

Journalist Jo Napolitano delves into the landmark case in which the School District of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was sued for refusing to admit older, non-English speaking refugees and sending them to a high-discipline alternative school. In a legal battle that mirrors that of the Little...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807024988
• ISBN13: 9780807024980
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"