Americanized

Rebel Without a Green Card

By: Sara Saedi

Narrated by: Lameece Issaq

The hilarious, poignant, and true story of one teen's experience growing up in America as an undocumented immigrant from the Middle East, perfect for fans of Mindy Kaling and Lena Dunham's books.

At 13, bright-eyed straight-A student Sara Saedi uncovered a terrible family secret: She was breaking the law simply by living in the United States. Only two years old when her parents fled Iran, she didn't learn of her undocumented status until her older sister wanted to apply for an after-school job but couldn't because she didn't have a Social Security number.

Fear of deportation kept Sara up at night, but it didn't keep her from being a teenager. She desperately wanted a green card, along with clear skin, her own car, and a boyfriend.

Americanized follows Sara's progress toward getting her green card, but that's only a portion of her experiences as an Iranian "American" teenager. From discovering that her parents secretly divorced to facilitate her mother's green card application to learning how to tame her unibrow, Sara pivots gracefully from the terrifying prospect that she might be kicked out of the country at any time to the almost as terrifying possibility that she might be the only one of her friends without a date to the prom. This moving, often hilarious story is for anyone who has ever shared either fear.

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Well written, easy listen

Well, written, easy, listen, provide an appoint of you I have never considered. Very relatable even if you’re not an immigrant.

NOT A BOOKS FOR TEENS.

As an immigrant…. I have mixed feelings about this book. I would not let my children(even my teens) read this until they’re adults. This. Is. Not. a children’s book. As an adult, I found it very relatable until she starts talking about how Obama, Hilary and Trump. Besides the before mentioned… I do recommend it, for adults. Relatable. Also easy to listen too, narration was good but the parts where she skips across her timeline were confusing and she did it more often than in cared for.

eye opening

the storytelling was great. I learned a lot about the immigration process because it was built into the story

Entertaining and Informative!

My daughter is engaged to a Dreamer from Pakistan. Though Sara is from India, it gave me insight into the world of the undocumented immigrants. It was also laugh out loud funny in many places. Bonus!!

Another point of view

This book provided a point of view I never considered in the honest perspective of a teenager raised in America from another country. There are a lot of pop culture references and has a very liberal point of view but it clearly defines the complexity of the immigration issue. Blanket statements and policies don't work here. My favorite part was near the end where she compares her Americanized self with who she might have been if her parents had stayed in Iran.