“One Philadelphia business owner makes his views known with a sign reading, ‘This Is America. When Ordering Please Speak English.’ Two towns in the region have laws intended to drive out illegal immigrants. On the statewide political trail, two Senate candidates swap heated words about immigration issues. The question of who belongs here and who doesn’t, who is American and who isn’t, is dominating much local and national debate. Which makes the latest selection for ‘One Book, One Philadelphia’ all the more appropriate. Carlos Eire’s ‘Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy’ is the citywide reading program’s featured book for 2007.”