How Many Days to America?
Publication Information
Author:  Bunting, Eve	Illustrator:  Peck, Beth
Title:  How Many Days to America?	Date:  1988
Publisher:  Clarion	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:	ISBN, hardback:  0--395-54777-6
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies
Summary:
The narrator, a child from an unnamed Caribbean island, escapes the soldiers and the island with his family and takes a dangerous boat trip back to the US. At the end they celebrate with a meal and give thanks.
Teaching Ideas:
This book could be used at Thanksgiving time or it could be paired with other books that address current political/social problems (like Bunting's Fly Away Home). Teachers should not have difficulty finding articles from the newspaper to use in conjunction with this story. The book may be the springboard for research, discussions, or debates on US immigration laws. ESL students and others may want to write their own stories (or those of their grandparents, parents) of immigration.
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Celebration > holidays > Thanksgiving History > region > U.S. history Social Studies > sociology > social issues > immigration History > topic > war > refugees > political relocation History > topic > journeys/voyages

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