The Official Preppy Handbook

A college students life is given meaning when he chooses to sponsor Elias, a Salvadoran refugee, as a class project. When Elias arrives, his hosts Sander and his family, learn what it means and feels like to be a refugee and how to relate to someone who has endured such intense personal grief. The warmth and humour of the characters invite us to embrace the situation, be moved by it, threatened by it, and to consider how we would react.AKAKOther titles by Joan MacLeod available from Talonbooks:AKAKHope Slide / Little Sister AK2000 AKAKAK--------------------------------------------------------------------------------AKAKAKISBN 0-88922-371-8; $14.95 Canada / $10.95 U.S.A.AKrev. 1997; 96 pp; 3rd editionAKAKAKAK--------------------------------------------------------------------------------AKAKAKWinner of the Governor Generals Award for Drama, 1991AKAKAK--------------------------------------------------------------------------------AKAKAKTo order Talonbooks

Author: Lisa Birnbach

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 224

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Publication Date: 1980-09-01