Home Wasn't Built in a Day: Constructing the Stories of Our Families [Paperback]

Students of Galileo Academy of Science and Technology (Author), Robin Williams (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2006

Written by juniors and seniors at the Galileo Academy of Science and Technology, this collection of touching and insightful stories explores the myths and realities of what makes a family a family. Home Wasn't Built in a Day includes a foreword by Robin Williams.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 7 Up—More than four dozen teen writers at San Francisco's Galileo Academy of Science & Technology contributed stories about families, fate, journeys, survival, celebrations, and other themes to this collection. While several adults helped to guide the editing and publishing process, teens also worked as editors and advisors as the project moved from creative spark to completion. Because many of Galileo's students are youth of color and/or immigrants or children of immigrants from almost every continent, cross-cultural settings and events predominate. Some of these stories are exquisitely polished: Kevin Tran's "My Uncle's War" and Elvir Becirovic's "Salko and Elena" stand out as the works of accomplished authors. The majority of pieces, however, read like the well-executed high-school essays that they are. That their writers were able to work together to bring their voices to publication is as important as the content of any of the individual pieces. Teen writers will be inspired and teachers will find abundant ways to use these almost entirely first-person accounts as supplements to English and social-studies curricula.—Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CA
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 14 and up
  
• Paperback: 279 pages
• Publisher: 826 Books (June 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977084477
• ISBN-13: 978-0977084470
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,851,782 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)