An undocumented immigrantβs journey from a New York City homeless shelter to the top of his Princeton class 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 ima
Undocumented : a Dominican boy's odyssey from a homeless shelter to the Ivy League
β Scribed by Dan-El Padilla Peralta
- Publisher
- Penguin Press
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 329
- Category
- Library
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