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A Dream for Gilberto: An Immigrant Family's Struggle to Become American Book Summary and Study Guide

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"A Dream for Gilberto" is the true story of Gilberto Alzate, an immigrant from Colombia, South America. Given away by their poverty-stricken father while little more than toddlers, their names changed and their locations kept secret, the homeless, teen-age Gilberto undertakes a desperate search for his siblings in an attempt to bring them together again in the United States. Gilberto's story is the universal story of the difficulties, triumphs, and failures experienced by immigrants as they reach for the American dream, but it also tells the story of the importance of dreams for everyone.
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Plot & Themes

Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside)    -   Hispanic/Spanish Gender/Class story?    -   immigrant story Family, hate    -   Yes Struggle with:    -   Mother    -   Husband Ethnic/regional/gender    -   Yes

Subject of Biography

Gender    -   Male Profession/status:    -   teacher/professor Ethnicity    -   Hispanic/Latinic Nationality    -   Central/South American

Setting

United States    -   Yes The US:    -   Midwest

Writing Style

Book makes you feel?    -   encouraged If this is a kid's book:    -   Age 14-16 How much dialogue in bio?    -   little dialog

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