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Why is everybody yelling?: growing up in my immigrant family
(Graphic Novel)

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Published:
New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Format:
Graphic Novel
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
232 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 610L
Rating:
HL610L
Status:
Description

“A wonderful book about figuring out who we are and who we want to be when we grow up. It’s also about being an American—especially a first-generation American.” —Roz Chast

This graphic-novel debut from an acclaimed picture book creator is a powerfully moving memoir of the author's experiences with family, religion, and coming of age in the aftermath of World War II, and the childhood struggles and family secrets that shaped her.

It’s 1950s New York, and Marisabina Russo is being raised Catholic and attending a Catholic school that she loves—but when she finds out that she’s Jewish by blood, and that her family members are Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, her childhood is thrown into turmoil. To make matters more complicated, her father is out of the picture, her mother is ambitious and demanding, and her older half-brothers have troubles, too. Following the author’s young life into the tumultuous, liberating 1960s, this heartfelt, unexpectedly humorous, and meticulously illustrated graphic-novel memoir explores the childhood burdens of memory and guilt, and Marisabina’s struggle and success in forming an identity entirely her own.

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Iron River Young Adult Nonfiction
YA 813.54 RUS
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+ GRA FIC RUS HC
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780374303839, 0374303835
Lexile code:
HL: High-Low
Lexile measure:
610

Notes

Description
"It's 1950s New York, and Marisabina Russo is being raised Catholic and attending a Catholic school that she loves--but when she finds out that she's Jewish by blood, and that her family members are Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, her childhood is thrown into turmoil. To make matters more complicated, her father is out of the picture, her mother is ambitious and demanding, and her older half-brothers have troubles, too. Following the author's young life into the tumultuous, liberating 1960s, this . . . graphic-novel memoir explores the childhood burdens of memory and guilt, and Marisabina's struggle and success in forming an identity entirely her own"--,Provided by publisher.
Target Audience
HL610L,Lexile
Target Audience
Decoding demand: 97 (very high),Semantic demand: 100 (very high),Syntactic demand: 87 (very high),Structure demand: 90 (very high),Lexile
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Russo, M. (2021). Why is everybody yelling?: growing up in my immigrant family. First edition. New York, NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Russo, Marisabina. 2021. Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family. New York, NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Russo, Marisabina, Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family. New York, NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Russo, Marisabina. Why Is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family. First edition. New York, NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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Record Information

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