Undocumented : a Dominican boy's odyssey from a homeless shelter to the Ivy League / Dan-el Padilla Peralta.
"Dan-el Padilla Peralta has lived the American dream. As a boy, he came here legally with his family. Together they left Santo Domingo behind, but life in New York City was harder than they imagined. Their visas lapsed, and Dan-el's father returned home. But Dan-el's courageous mother was determined to make a better life for her bright sons. Without papers, she faced tremendous obstacles. While Dan-el was only in grade school, the family joined the ranks of the city's homeless. Dan-el, his mother, and brother lived in a downtown shelter where Dan-el's only refuge was the meager library. There he met Jeff, a young volunteer from a wealthy family. Jeff was immediately struck by Dan-el's passion for books and learning. With Jeff's help, Dan-el was accepted on scholarship to Collegiate, the oldest private school in the country. There, Dan-el thrived. Throughout his youth, Dan-el navigated these two worlds: the rough streets of East Harlem, where he lived with his brother and his mother and tried to make friends, and the ultra-elite halls of a Manhattan private school, where he could immerse himself in a world of books and where he soon rose to the top of his class. From Collegiate, Dan-el went to Princeton, where he thrived, and where he made the momentous decision to come out as an undocumented student in a Wall Street Journal profile a few months before he gave the salutatorian's traditional address in Latin at his commencement. Undocumented is a classic story of the triumph of the human spirit. It also is the perfect cri de coeur for the debate on comprehensive immigration reform."-- Publisher description.
Record details
- ISBN: 159420652X
- ISBN: 9781594206528
- Physical Description: 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2015.
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | 930L Lexile |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Padilla Peralta, Dan-el. Dominicans (Dominican Republic) > United States > Biography. Immigrants > United States > Biography. Illegal immigration > United States > Biography. |
Genre: | Autobiographies. |
Search for related items by series
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joseph & Elizabeth Shaw Public Library | BIO 92 PAD (Text) | 39636100320858 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Reading Public Library RPL - Main | YA 323.631 Pad (Text) | 33223007895443 | Teen Non-fiction | Available | - |
Allentown Public Library | 323.631 PADI (Text) | 34455006087171 | Adult Nonfiction 2nd FL | Available | - |