America, My New Home

To my grandson Mark Gunning
—M. G.

To Memere, a tough woman with a soft heart. Also to my loving and supportive family. Thank you, Caroline, Jeannine, and Mom
—K. C.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gunning, Monica. America, my new home : poems / by Monica Gunning ; illustrations by Ken Condon.— 1st ed. p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-59078-057-2 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 978-1-62979-171-5 (e-book)
1. Children’s poetry, American. 2. United States—Juvenile poetry. 3. Emigration and immigration—Juvenile poetry. 4. Jamaican Americans—Juvenile poetry. 5. Immigrants—Juvenile poetry. 6. Jamaica—Juvenile poetry.
[1. Jamaican Americans—Poetry. 2. Emigration and immigration—Poetry. 3. Immigrants—Poetry. 4. Jamaica—Poetry. 5. American poetry.]
I. Condon, Ken, ill. II. Title.
PR9205.9.G86A46 2004
811’.54—dc22
2003026870

First edition, 2004
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