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“A delicate and heartbreaking mystery story…. Thorpe’s book is a reminder that in an era of nativism, some Americans are still breaking down walls and nurturing newcomers, the seeds of the great American experiment.”
(The New York Times)
“Extraordinary…. The Newcomers puts a human face on the refugee question. The book is a journalistic triumph. Thorpe pens a masterful book that lets readers see the humanity instead of the facts and figures of the immigration debate.”
(Denver Post)
“This book is not only an intimate look at lives immigrant teens live, but it is a primer on the art and science of new-language acquisition and portrait of ongoing and emerging global horrors and the fallout that arrives on our shores.”
(USA Today)
The Newcomers was awarded funding from the Columbia Journalism School’s Lukas Prize program, won the Colorado Book Award for creative nonfiction, and was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.