Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (575 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0374534985 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Should be required reading" according to T. Corson. The DVD movie of the same name is an entertaining feel good story. However, this book reveals all the details and the true reality of these young men's lives. After reading this, it's plain to me that we need a more realistic plan for handling immigrants who came to this country illegally. The largely conservative voices on this matter would paint all illegal immigrants with a broad brush as criminals and undesirable. When some of those same illegal immigrants prove to be talented en. Lynn Maui said Poignant story. The story of these boys is both heartwarming and heartbreaking .The characters are well fleshed out.Their intelligence and drive to be accepted as Americans is a sharp contrast to the LA Raza Hispanics who do not seem to want to truly become Americans.It was wonderful the support they got from certain companies and individuals.The "Poignant story" according to Lynn Maui. The story of these boys is both heartwarming and heartbreaking .The characters are well fleshed out.Their intelligence and drive to be accepted as Americans is a sharp contrast to the LA Raza Hispanics who do not seem to want to truly become Americans.It was wonderful the support they got from certain companies and individuals.The 2 teachers who sponsored the team gave so much of themselves to these young men.The hardships they went through after graduating from high school were so d. teachers who sponsored the team gave so much of themselves to these young men.The hardships they went through after graduating from high school were so d. Good Story Jadaros I enjoy it when the ones people think are least likely to win actually do win in a big way. That's what this book is about. It's easy to like this bunch of teenagers who all come from sad circumstances and work together to win a robotics competition. The truly sad part of the story is that in the end, this victory doesn't improve their life situations as one would expect it to. The author explores some of the unfair treatment heaped upon undocumented aliens and the illogical fears pe
The Phoenix teenagers had scraped together less than $1,000 and built their robot out of scavenged parts. Anthony Lukas Book PrizeFour undocumented Mexican American students, two great teachers, one robot-building contest and a major motion pictureIn 2004, four Latino teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. And build a robot they did. Their robot wasn't pretty, especially compared to those of the competition. They were going up against some of the best collegiate engineers in the country, including a team from MIT backed by a $10,000 grant from ExxonMobil. Joshua Davis's
By describing how these teens came together, author Joshua Davis gives us a succinct history of immigration and a micro-lesson in Arizona politics. It all leads to the a scene in a pool in Santa Barbara, CA—with each team member realizing how they fit on the team, and in their adopted homeland. An unlikely robotics competition becomes the focus of the narrative, but the story covers a lot of ground. – Amy Huff. An Best Book of the Month, December 2014:Spare Parts is the fantastic story of four Mexican-American teenagers struggling to find their place