Jose Antonio Vargas
Personal Information
Born January 1, 1981 (45 years old)
3 books
4.0 (1)
71 readers
Description
Filipino journalist and immigration activist
Books
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Documented
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"In 2011, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas outed himself as an undocumented immigrant in an essay published in the New York Times Magazine. Documented chronicles his journey to America from the Philippines as a child; his journey through America as an immigration reform activist; and his journey inward as he re-connects with his mother, whom he hasn't seen in person in over 20 years"--Container.
Dear America
Kathryn Lasky, Mary Pope Osborne, Ann Warren Turner, Megan McDonald, Jose Antonio Vargas, Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Kirby Larson
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The two-time Coretta Scott King Honor Book recipient offers a poignant narrative about a freed slave girl during the Reconstruction Era in the South.
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012
John Jeremiah Sullivan, Jess Walter, George Saunders, Louise Erdrich, Dave Eggers, Jon Ronson, Anthony Marra, Julie Otsuka, Jose Antonio Vargas, Mona Simpson
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