1. Group D--hross26 (Replacement B)

Neuva already knew English and common American things before coming to New York . She just had to get new clothes when she came to New York because she only had beach clothes on shorts , tank top and sandals. “ You better take her shopping Darrio . she looks like she just walked off the beach at the Boca Chica “ 

In my book Flowers in the Sky by Lynn Johseph Neuva was caught with a guy and her mother sent her to New York with her brother because her mother wanted a better life for . her mother didn't want rude and awful guys with her daughter.  

In my book Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian, Tom Bouchard is a colored boy who is in highschool. Just like any highschool kid he plays sports and hangs out with his friends. He lives in lewiston maine which has a lot of native somali people who are in his school and all around him. He meets a boy named Saeed who is a Somali boy who plays soccer with him. He isn't very good at speaking english. When he doesn't know what to sign for the papers to be able to play soccer Tom helps him and his family to figure it out and even uses his information for some of it. Tom and his friend make a bad choice and decide to vandalise a highschool monument so Tom has to do community service. When doing so he meets a young Somali boy named Abdi who doesn't know how to read and write but he can speak decent english. At this point Tom is working with theres from out of the country to help them work their way around their new environment.

When it comes to my book the Somali boys are both having struggles with language when moving to the slates. Both of them have had a hard time fitting in. for example when Saeed was trying to read the forms to sign up for soccer. Also when Tom is teaching Abdi to read he is having a problem with that which is keeping him back in school. “‘Abdi’s been having a hard time in third grade.’ Mayla said quietly. ‘His spoken English is amazing when you consider he’s only been in this country for six months. But he barely reads. He’s still learning his letters… he is getting so left behind’”(Padian 50). Other types of social contracts that Americans hold on immigrants would be stuff like knowing a lot of the slang. Also about doing basic things to us like going to the doctors or driving to work. I think some of these can be harmful because if you expect a lot about people it can be hard for them to get through it and they might feel stressed if you push it to much.

Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian, is about Tom Bouchard is a high school athlete from Lewiston Maine. He ends up meeting a Somali Kid named Saeed who isn't very good with speaking or writing English who he plays soccer with. because of having to adapt to a new country and different norms there are moments where the Somali kids are looked down upon such as when they take awhile to get ready for practice. one way that language affects how Somali kids are treated in the book is when things like reading and comprehending English are required for participation. one example of this is when Saeed couldn't read or understand the permission slip. "I slowed down, pronouncing each word carefully, but he still looked confused"(16). this shows how he wasn't able to understand what Tom was saying he needed to do to be able to play soccer.

Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian is about a highschool athlete that goes to a prep school in Maine, his name is Tom Bouchard. He goes through life as a teenager and tries to fit In too much. There is also a kid named Ishmael, he is a Somali refugee he recently moved to the area. He has a hard time fitting in due to the racism, and the language change. Some students do treat him nicely, but many such as Hank are rude and mean to him. A big part was the soccer game with Toms team against Ishmaels team, he is treated very bad in this game because of his background. It is hard for Ishmael to fit into society because of of the new language. A quote that shows this is "Sometimes he surprised me and came up with a string of English that made you think he could speak the language" (Padian 96). This quote is Tom talking about him being surprised when he could speak English.