96 pages • 3 hours read
Sara SaediAmericanized: Rebel without a Green Card
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2018A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Index of Terms
Adjustment of Status
Legal term for the immigration process to receive green cards in the United States. The applicant must already be living in the United States and have some form of temporary status, like a visitor’s visa. The Saedi family apply for an adjustment of status when they learn their application for political asylum was lost.
Amoo
Farsi term for “uncle” on father’s side of the family.
Anchor Baby
A term that describes “a child born to a noncitizen mother in a country that has birthright citizenship, especially when providing an advantage to family members seeking to secure citizenship or legal residency” (111). Saedi uses this term jokingly when referring to her younger brother, Kai.
