I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story

by Grace Lin and Martha Brockenbrough

Julia Kuo (Illustrator)

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When American-born, Wong Kim Ark returns home to San Francisco after a visit to China, he's stopped and told he cannot enter: he isn't American. What happens next would forever change the national conversation on who is, and can be, American. Wong Kim Ark takes his case to the Supreme Court and argues that, as stated in the 14th Amendment, any person born in America should be granted American citizenship regardless of their race. Despite protests from xenophobic lawmakers, Wong Kim Ark ultimately prevails.
  • ISBN10 031642692X
  • ISBN13 9780316426923
  • Publish Date 9 December 2021
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Little, Brown & Company
  • Imprint Little, Brown Young Readers
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 40
  • Language English