Rising Class: How Three First-Generation College Students Conquered Their First Year
Author: Jennifer Miller
ISBN: 9780374313579
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Year First Published: 2023
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 216mm x 147mm x 31mm
Format: Hardback
Description:
Making it through the first year of college is tough. What makes it even tougher is being the first in your family to do so. Who can you turn to when you need advice? Rising Class follows three first-generation freshmen, Briani, Conner, and Jacklynn, as they experience no only their first semester of college, but the COVID-19 pandemic that turned their spring semester upside down. From life in the Ivy League to classes at a community college, readers follow these students' challenges, successes, and dreams as they tackle their first year of college and juggle responsibilities to their families back home. Jennifer Miller writes a compelling eye-opening, and poignant true story that speaks to new beginnings, coming-of-age, and perseverance.
ISBN: 9780374313579
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Year First Published: 2023
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 216mm x 147mm x 31mm
Format: Hardback
Description:
Making it through the first year of college is tough. What makes it even tougher is being the first in your family to do so. Who can you turn to when you need advice? Rising Class follows three first-generation freshmen, Briani, Conner, and Jacklynn, as they experience no only their first semester of college, but the COVID-19 pandemic that turned their spring semester upside down. From life in the Ivy League to classes at a community college, readers follow these students' challenges, successes, and dreams as they tackle their first year of college and juggle responsibilities to their families back home. Jennifer Miller writes a compelling eye-opening, and poignant true story that speaks to new beginnings, coming-of-age, and perseverance.
