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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2017
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30.8 - Diana K's Task: Where Am I From and How Did I Get Here?
Approved for Option 2
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for book 2 I want to verify
for ship on the cover
My grandmother came over to England on the back of my grandfather's motorcycle, that was transported on a boat (my grandparents were/are pretty cool people!) Would I be able to use a motorcycle OR/AND a boat on the cover, or should I just stick with a boat?
My paternal great-grandmother immigrated to South Africa from England and my maternal grandmother immigrated to South Africa from the United States at the age of 3. However, I no longer live in South Africa so neither immigrated to the country where I live now. Can I still use one of them for the task?Thanks.
My maternal great grandmother immigrated to the US from Italy. She crossed the ocean on a boat when she was three months pregnant.
Since I am an immigrant, I use where I came from in Book 1 and what transportation I used for Book 2?
Will any kind of boat do, or does it have to look like a passenger ship?
Will any of these books work for Book 1 Option B:
I also have biographies of Nijinski (dancer, Soviet defector) and Hedy Lamarr (Viennese actress who resettled in the US in the 40s to escape the Third Reich). How large a role their immigrations play in the bios I know not.
Siobhan wrote: "My grandmother came over to England on the back of my grandfather's motorcycle, that was transported on a boat (my grandparents were/are pretty cool people!) Would I be able to use a motorcycle OR/..." How fun! Yes, either would work.
Lauren wrote: "My paternal great-grandmother immigrated to South Africa from England and my maternal grandmother immigrated to South Africa from the United States at the age of 3. However, I no longer live in Sou..."Sure.
Chris wrote: "Will any kind of boat do, or does it have to look like a passenger ship?"Any kind of boat will work.
Suzanne wrote: "Will any of these books work for Book 1 Option B: [bookcover:Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star B..."All 4 of those would work except Lion may not fit the SRC guidelines since it seems to be only in ebook form. And now I'm adding some new titles to my TBR list.)
Lauren wrote: "My paternal great-grandmother immigrated to South Africa from England and my maternal grandmother immigrated to South Africa from the United States at the age of 3. However, I no longer live in Sou..."Yes, for sure.
Shree wrote: "Since I am an immigrant, I use where I came from in Book 1 and what transportation I used for Book 2?"Yes.
Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "for book 2 I want to verify for ship on the cover"Yes, very clear.
Marie wrote: "Hi would Miss Treadway and the Field of Starswork for book 1 there is an irish emigre in it"
Sorry but I don't think so. When I read the description it does not seem like an emigre is the main character.
Second question: I picked Taking Flight from my list above, and a quick check tells me the transpo method was airplane. I seem to be short on plane covers. These are the only two in my collection, will either work?
If not I can go troll amazon for something new.
OK so my maternal grandparents came from the Netherlands on a boat so The Dinner setting - Amsterdam
They immigrated to Scotland via boat
would be my second book
My family has been in the USA so long that most records are lost. It is speculated that my father's side came from Germany, but there are no ship records showing a passenger with our name. So I had my DNA checked through Ancestry.com. One of the surprises was that I am 30+% Irish. I would like to choose Ireland as one of the countries my family started from. Would that be OK? I am assuming, for book 2, that a ship would be the way they came to America, since planes were not yet invented and trains, cars, horses, and other modes of transportation would not be able to cross the Atlantic.
Edited: It would be my mother's side that came from England/Ireland we are thinking.
A hypothetical: what if, having chosen option B for book 1, it is unclear how the immigrant arrived? Can I just pick a reasonable method?As an aside, can you clarify the last requirement: "A2" isn't an option at all - presumably you mean "book 1" ?
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As an aside, can you clarify the last requirement: "A2" is..."
it's now fixed - 1B
SRC Moderator wrote: "Catherine wrote: "A hypothetical: what if, having chosen option B for book 1, it is unclear how the immigrant arrived? Can I just pick a reasonable method?As an aside, can you clarify the last re..."
Thanks! It was making my head hurt :)
Marie wrote: "OK so my maternal grandparents came from the Netherlands on a boat so The Dinner setting - Amsterdam
They immigrated to Scotland via boat
[bookcover:The Boats of the 'Glen Carri..."
Looks good.
Bea wrote: "My family has been in the USA so long that most records are lost. It is speculated that my father's side came from Germany, but there are no ship records showing a passenger with our name. So I had..."That's fine.
Catherine wrote: "A hypothetical: what if, having chosen option B for book 1, it is unclear how the immigrant arrived? Can I just pick a reasonable method?As an aside, can you clarify the last requirement: "A2" is..."
Yes.
Some years ago a cousin did a family tree and shared with all of us. My brother's comment: "I always thought Daddy's family came from Mexico .. but they were from San Antonio (Texas) all along!" My response: In 1812 San Antonio WAS in Mexico ... the border moved after Texas won the war in 1836 .... Could I just use a chair ... as they were "sitting still" when they became "immigrants." ... LOL
Oh well ... my mother's parents DID emigrate from Mexico ...
Please confirm airplane on cover (lower right corner)
I am listening to the audio, so I believe THIS image is what counts (vs the MMP used to verify page length)
Has anyone read The Book of Unknown Americans and can tell me how the main characters and their families traveled to the USA?
BriKie wrote: "Has anyone read The Book of Unknown Americans and can tell me how the main characters and their families traveled to the USA?"In a pick-up truck: "...we arrived, the three of us in the backseat of a red pick-up truck..."
Please confirm that this book involves an immigrant, for Book 1, Option BThe Lowland
From Ellen's Review: Brothers Udayan and Subhash grew up in the 1950's in Calcutta. Both were intelligent, driven and scholarly until Udayan, the younger brother, became enamored of the Naxalite political upheaval that patterned itself after Mao's teachings. Subhash went to America where he studied chemistry and became a professor at a university in Rhode Island.
The novel is set in both India and America, contrasting the two brothers' lives.
Book Concierge wrote: "BriKie wrote: "Has anyone read The Book of Unknown Americans and can tell me how the main characters and their families traveled to the USA?"In a pick-up truck: "...we arrived, th..."
Thanks, Book Concierge! Now I know what cover to look for.
BriKie wrote: "Book Concierge wrote: "BriKie wrote: "Has anyone read The Book of Unknown Americans and can tell me how the main characters and their families traveled to the USA?"In a pick-up tr..."
To follow up, when you said red pick-up truck, I was a tad worried that I wouldn't be able to find many choices but I actually found a perfect fit with a red pickup! It's YA and I don't normally read YA but I've heard GREAT things about this one, so I'm excited.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Book Concierge wrote: "Please confirm airplane on cover (lower right corner)I am listening to the audio, so I believe THIS image is what counts (vs the MMP used to verify page length)"
Yes, I see the plane.
Book Concierge wrote: "Please confirm that this book involves an immigrant, for Book 1, Option BThe Lowland
From Ellen's Review: Brothers Udayan and Subhash grew up in the 1950's in Calcutta. Both were i..."
Confirmed.
Could I check if The Emigrants will work for book one, option B please? The narrator emigrated from Germany to the UK, and the book tells his life story and the stories of other immigrants. I know the task description says a book about an immigrant so just wanted to confirm this will work since it is about several immigrants. Thank you!
Sorry, I know this was asked earlier but I want to be clear, if my great grandmother came here from Ireland on a boat, I can use a cover item of a small sailboat even though that's obviously not the type of boat she would have arrived on. Thank you!
Book 1, option B: is an alternative history immigration okay? It's not forbidden in the task description, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I'm thinking of The Landing, which, according to the description, is about "Eskil, orphaned in war, but now a man, is leading his followers to found a settlement in the west [meaning America] dedicated to Odin and Asgard’s gods."
It certainly doesn't fit with the intent I had in mind for this task but I see that I put the prohibition in Option 1 and not in Option 2 so I guess you can go ahead and use it.
Is the boat visible enough on this cover?
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Immigration has been in the news a lot lately and it got me to thinking that almost all of us are where we are as a result of immigration.
This is a two-book task. Read one book that satisfies the requirements for Book 1 and another that works for Book 2.
No book with the genre "Childrens" or "Kids" on the book's Good Reads main page may be used for this task.
Book 1: Choose one of the following options:
Required: Identify the option.
Option A: Did one of your ancestors emigrate to the to the country where you now live? If so, read a book set at least 50% in a country where one of your ancestors came from. For example, both of my parents came to the USA from Czechoslovakia so I would read a book set there. My husband’s ancestors came from a variety of countries so he would pick just one of those. The book’s setting must be in a real country either past or present, e.g Germany or Prussia. Alternate, dystopian or futuristic depictions of real place DO NOT work here.
Required: State the country your ancestor came from. If the setting of the book is not evident in the GR record, include a reference when you post
Option B: Read a book either fiction or nonfiction about an immigrant. NOTE: You may choose option B even if you have an ancestor who came from another country.
REQUIRED: If the relevance of the book is not clear from the GR description, please explain how your book is about an immigrant.
These lists need not be used, but may help you find books: Immigrant Experience Literature, Immigrant Voices.
Book 2: How did that immigrant get here? How did your ancestor from Option A or the immigrant from Option B get to their new country? My parents came on the Queen Mary. Some immigrants arrive by plane or by slave ship or by walking across the border.
Read a book with a cover that shows the type of transportation that immigrant used such as a ship, a plane, a pair of shoes.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post
REQUIRED: Explain in your post how your ancestor or the immigrant in book 1B arrived in this country.