<![CDATA[Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town]]>

false <![CDATA[Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255645655m/2874621.jpg 2874621 1 Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement center in the 1990s, becoming the first American home for scores of families in flight from the world’s war zones. Suddenly its streets were filled with women wearing the hijab, the smells of cumin and curry, and kids of all colors—children of war and displacement—playing soccer in any open space they could find. The town also became home to the charismatic Luma Mufleh, an American-educated woman from Jordan, who founded a youth soccer team made up of Clarkston’s refugee children. They named themselves the Fugees. Outcasts United follows a pivotal season in the life of the Fugees and their coach, against the backdrop of an American town that without its consent had become a vast social experiment. Warren St. John documents the lives of this wildly diverse group of young people as they miraculously coalesce into a band of brothers, while also painting a fascinating picture of a fading American town struggling to make a haven for its new arrivals—and a community of refugees who, in the face of daunting challenges, transform the town. Driven by the fast-paced chronicle of a single season, this is the complex and inspiring tale of a small town in confrontation with the world, the resilience and hope of a refugee community, and the ingenious and complicated ways we create home in a changing world. 2900784 21 4 2009 Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town total:221|5:74|4:101|3:38|2:8|1:0| 221 904 634 90 5 2 false false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 05:19:29 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 05:36:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 18:00:25 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 18:01:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 20:14:15 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 20:14:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Oct 07 09:29:56 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 09:30:25 -0700 2009 10/7/09
Prof. Shannon Scott
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The novel by Warren St. John “Outcast United” is a story of a refugee boy’s soccer team and their coach, Luma Mufleh, a refugee from Jordan. Luma is characterized by her determination to make the boys succeed as...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 07 09:24:38 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 09:25:21 -0700 2009 10/07/09
Prof. Shannon Scott
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Outcast United represents the integration of different identities in the multi-cultured city of Clarkston. As a uniquely multi-religious, multi-ethnic and multi-cultural association of people, Clarkston has reasons to ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Oct 06 19:45:51 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 19:47:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 true false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 19:39:06 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 19:39:06 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 13:52:19 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 13:52:19 -0700 2009
Outcasts is a true story about Luma, a Jordanian woman with an affinity for soccer living...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 18:45:08 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 02:00:07 -0700 2009 I see a world where all people accept each other as friends and neighbors and celebrate each person's uniqueness as a vital part of everyone's life, like threads in a tapestry.

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I'm a part time nanny for a great family, and William, the father, is a friend of Warren St. John, the author. William, knowing that I like to read, had offered to lend me this book multiple times and I always sort of said, "...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 07:59:20 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 13:43:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 16:04:04 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 06:04:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 19:38:20 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 20:22:29 -0700 2009 1
It was a good choice! I thoroughly enjoyed this quali...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 10:37:15 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 09:57:41 -0700 2009 1 Outcasts United to be a story of a team battling diversity in some no-name town, and that held true, but it's more than just that.

The Fugees are an aptly-named soccer team (three teams actually, of various age groups) comprised of refugees from around the world, and th...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 13:26:41 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 13:13:51 -0700 2009
There is a lot to like about this book for the first 150 pages or so as the author follows a woman from Jordan who coaches several youth soccer teams made up of immigrants, mostly from Africa, w...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 21:44:53 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 21:59:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 01:11:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 01:31:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2874621