Every year, child refugees are resettled in America and put into schools charged with bringing them up to speed. Helen Thorpe spent a year tracking refugees at one Denver high school, and she talks with us about the challenges these students face. Her new book is called “The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom” (Scribner).
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