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1) Americanah
Author
Language
English
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Black History Month
Coming to America: The Immigrant Experience
Know Your Neighbor: Cultivating Communities of Compassion
Coming to America: The Immigrant Experience
Know Your Neighbor: Cultivating Communities of Compassion
Description
"A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected"--
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Coming to America: The Immigrant Experience
Hispanic Authors
Hispanic Heritage Month - Adults
Read 'Em and Weep
Hispanic Authors
Hispanic Heritage Month - Adults
Read 'Em and Weep
Description
Moving from Mexico to America when their daughter suffers a near-fatal accident, the Riveras confront cultural barriers, their daughter's difficult recovery and her developing relationship with a Panamanian boy.
Author
Language
English
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Young Adults
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
Immigrant Heritage Month - Young Adults
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Black Authors of Young Adult Books
Immigrant Heritage Month - Young Adults
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Description
"Natasha: I'm a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I'm definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won't be my story. Daniel: I've always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents' high expectations....
Author
Series
Petra Luna volume 1
Language
English
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Hispanic Heritage Month - Tweens
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Texas Bluebonnet List 2022-23
Women's History - Tweens
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Texas Bluebonnet List 2022-23
Women's History - Tweens
Description
"Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution"--
Author
Language
English
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Description
Nine-year-old Betita and her parents fled Mexico after her uncle was killed by the cartels, and settled in Los Angeles seeking political asylum and safety in what her father calls Aztlan, the land of the cranes; but now they have been swept up by by the government's Immigration Customs Enforcement, her father deported back to Mexico, and Betita and her mother confined in a family detention camp--Betita finds heart in her imagination and the picture...
Author
Series
Sadiq volume 3
Language
English
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Arab American Heritage Month - Children
Immigrant Heritage Month - Children
National Hobby Month - Children
Immigrant Heritage Month - Children
National Hobby Month - Children
Formats
Description
Even though it is summer Sadiq goes to religious school four days a week to study the Quran; he and his friends find their teacher, Mr. Kassim, strict and intimidating, but when Sadiq finds out that Mr. Kassim has a injured shoulder he decides to volunteer to help with the gardening--and he convinces his friends to volunteer as well.
Author
Language
English
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Back to School, More Titles - Children
Children's Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism and Resistance
Netflix Bookmarks - Celebrating Black Voices series
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Children's Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism and Resistance
Netflix Bookmarks - Celebrating Black Voices series
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Description
Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.
Author
Language
English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2023 - Children
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Immigrant Heritage Month - Tweens
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Immigrant Heritage Month - Tweens
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Description
"Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota; as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself."--
Author
Language
English
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4th Grade Rocks
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Bullying Prevention Month Tweens
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Description
Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Arab American Heritage Month - Tweens
Back to School, More Titles - Tween
Immigrant Heritage Month - Tweens
Ramadan for Kids
Back to School, More Titles - Tween
Immigrant Heritage Month - Tweens
Ramadan for Kids
Formats
Description
"New Canadian Badir confuses the beaver in his neighborhood park for a very large rat."--
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate"--
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