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Use this Topic to discuss books you are reading or that fit the 11th Scavenger Hunt task.

Task 11: 2024 will be the Centennial of the enactment of the Immigration Act of 1924 in the United States. Read a Boxall book where immigration is a central element or that features an immigrant as a main character. (Contributed by Mercedes)

I’ll probably read Small Island by Andrea Levy for this task

I really enjoyed Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado.

Hadrian the Seventh by Frederick Rolfe, 1/23/24. The main character is an Englishman living as an immigrant in Italy.

What about A Town Like Alice?

The Godfather by Mario Puzo. Vito Corleone came through Ellis Island.

Debbie wrote: "What about A Town Like Alice?"

Yes, it would fit the task.

I'm going to read Retreat without song

For this task I read Anniversaries: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl.
The book is a yearlong diary by Gesina Cresspahl, who moved from East Germany to the USA with her daughter in 1961.

The Jungle It’s main characters are Lithuanian immigrants in Chicago, and the book is about how immigrants were exploited for labour.

White Teeth by Zadie Smith