"I was bitten by a scorpion": Reading in and out of school in a refugee's life

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 668-679

  Sarroub, Loukia K ^a   Pernicek, Todd ^b   Sweeney, Tracy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Southwest High School   (United States)

^c Rancocas Valley Regional High School   (United States)

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EID: 34247633837     PISSN: 10813004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/JAAL.50.8.5     Document Type: Article

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