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Series
Turtle of Oman volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When Aref, a third-grader who lives in Muscat, Oman, refuses to pack his suitcase and prepare to move to Michigan, his mother asks for help from his grandfather, his Siddi, who takes Aref around the country, storing up memories he can carry with him to a new home.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"A love story set in two countries--Yugoslavia and Finland--in two radically different moments in time, brings together a young man, his mother, a boa constrictor, and one capricious cat"--
1980s Yugoslavia. A Muslim girl is married off to a man she hardly knows, and what was meant to be a happy match quickly goes wrong. Shortly thereafter, the country is torn apart by war and she and her family flee to Finland. There her son Bekim grows up to become...
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Series
Beyond the western sea volume 1
Language
English
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Driven from their impoverished Irish village, fifteen-year-old Maura and her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait for a ship to America.
7) Refugee
Author
Language
English
Description
Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
Author
Language
English
Description
Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child, and from an early age, it is clear he is destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother will have to escape from Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they are confronted with an irreversible choice: should they board a container ship bound for America, or Great Britain? Alexander leaves that choice to the toss of a coin. In a...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A little girl and her favorite dress have extraordinary adventures together, but when the girl emigrates from Greece to the United States they are separated, and the dress travels the world searching for her.
11) Lobizona
Author
Series
Wolves of no world volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her mother is arrested by ICE, sixteen-year-old Argentinian Manu-- who thinks she is hiding in a Miami apartment because she is an undocumented immigrant-- discovers that her entire existence is illegal.
Author
Series
Turtle of Oman volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eight-year-old Aref is excited to reunite with his father in Ann Arbor, Michigan where he will start a new school, and while Aref misses his grandfather, his Sidi, he knows that his home in Oman will always be waiting for him.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The bilingual picture book Luca's Bridge / El puente de Luca, by Mariana Llanos with illustrations by Anna López Real, tells the emotional story of a boy coming to terms with his family's deportation from the United States to Mexico. A powerful meditation on home and identity at a time when our country sorely needs it.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Award-winning author Kathleen Krull takes an in-depth historical look at immigration in America--with remarkable stories of some of the immigrants who helped build this country. With its rich historical text, fascinating sidebars about many immigrants throughout time, an extensive source list and timeline, as well as captivating photos, American Immigration will become a go-to resource for every child, teacher, and librarian discussing the complex...
19) Child's play
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Danny loves music, Molly loves painting, and Marcus loves writing. And they all love playing together. But there's something worrying them: they'll soon be moving to a new house. "Child's play" is a tale of love, dedicated to creativity, to change, and to all of the children who have had to leave their home countries in search of a brighter future.
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Language
English
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Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequeña has her pride. And these three teens have one another. But, none of them have illusions about the town they've grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Even with the love of family, threats lurk around every corner. And when those threats become all too real, the trio knows they have no choice but to run: from their country, from their families, from their beloved home. Crossing from Guatemala...
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