TY - BOOK AU - Gallo,Donald R. AU - Muñoz Ryan,Pam AU - Regan,Dian Curtis AU - Okimoto,Jean Davies AU - Namioka,Lensey AU - Lubar,David AU - Marston,Elsa AU - Lee,Marie G. AU - Williams-Garcia,Rita AU - Ho,Minfong TI - First Crossing SN - 9780763632915 U1 - F GAL PY - 2007///, c2004 CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Candlewick Press KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Fiction KW - Teenagers KW - bisacsh KW - FICTION / General KW - FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors) N1 - Introduction; Donald R. Gallo; First Crossing; Pam Muñoz Ryan; Second Culture Kids; Dian Curtis Regan; My Favorite Chaperone; Jean Davies Okimoto; They Don't Mean It!; Lensey Namioka; Pulling Up Stakes; David Lubar; Lines of Scrimmage; Elsa Marston; The Swede; Alden R. Carter; The Rose of Sharon; Marie G. Lee; Make Maddie Mad; Rita Williams-Garcia; The Green Armchair; Minfong Ho; About the editor; Teen / young adult N2 - Stories of recent Mexican, Venezuelan, Kazakh, Chinese, Romanian, Palestinian, Swedish, Korean, Haitian, and Cambodian immigrants reveal what it is like to face prejudice, language barriers, and homesickness along with common teenage feelings and needs ER -