Everybody has The Outfit—the outfit they bought for America. The students who have lived in the country longer have learned how to blend in better, but each September on the first day of school, the new kids are easy to spot. Some arrive in their native dress, like the Bangladeshi girls in colorful shalwar kameez, or the African boy who walked the halls in goatskin sandals. Brooke Hauser, author of The New Kids, takes us into the hallways of Prospect Heights’s International High School, home to a widely diverse student body. My friend and a discussion of her book next weekend  Jan 29 2012 1:30PM @ the Brooklyn Central Library, Dweck Center

Everybody has The Outfit—the outfit they bought for America. The students who have lived in the country longer have learned how to blend in better, but each September on the first day of school, the new kids are easy to spot. Some arrive in their native dress, like the Bangladeshi girls in colorful shalwar kameez, or the African boy who walked the halls in goatskin sandals.

Brooke Hauser, author of The New Kids, takes us into the hallways of Prospect Heights’s International High School, home to a widely diverse student body.

My friend and a discussion of her book next weekend  Jan 29 2012 1:30PM @ the Brooklyn Central Library, Dweck Center