I was their American dream

a graphic memoir

"The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigated her childhood chasing her parents' ideals, learning to code-switch between her family's Filipino and Egyptian customs, adapting to white culture to fit in, crushing on skater boys, and trying to understand the tension between holding onto cultural values and trying to be an all-American kid"--Amazon.com.

Clarkson Potter/Publishers
2019
9780525575115
book
Lexile: 
490
Graphic Novel
Cover image of I was their American dream

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