A photographic essay depicting the immigrant experience in America. I love the idea of this picture book, and feel it is especially needed now with what is going on in the United States. But the execution of this book has some issues. Since the photographs were not taken for this actual book but were selected from the photographer's archive, many of them look dated and some of them don't match the text as closely as they should. The pages of this book appear crowded with too many photos, rather than shooting/choosing the one right photo that illuminates the text. Many of the photographed subjects are adults, elderly, or teens, which minimizes the appeal to young children. There really is no hook here for a picture-book-aged child. Could possibly be used with older elementary school or middle school students as a discussion starter or example for a photo diary project.