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1) Americanah
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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
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"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"--
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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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"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....
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Petra Luna volume 1
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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
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"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"--
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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...
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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
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"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."--
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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
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"New Canadian Badir confuses the beaver in his neighborhood park for a very large rat."--
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English
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Back to School, More Titles - Young Adult
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
Hispanic Heritage Month - Young Adults
Staff Picks 2021-2022
Black Authors of Young Adult Books
Hispanic Heritage Month - Young Adults
Staff Picks 2021-2022
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When Fabiola's mother is detained upon their arrival to the United States, Fabiola must navigate her loud American cousins, the grittiness of Detroit's west side, a new school, and a surprising romance all on her own.
9) The jungle
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Upton Sinclair's dramatic and deeply moving story exposed the brutal conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century and brought into sharp moral focus the appalling odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled for their share of the American dream. Denounced by the conservative press as an un-American libel on the meatpacking industry, this book was championed by more progressive thinkers, including...
10) I'm new here
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English
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Three children from other countries (Somalia, Guatemala, and Korea) struggle to adjust to their new home and school in the United States.
11) Someone new
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English
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When three children are introduced to new classmates from different ethnic backgrounds, they strive to overcome their initial reactions and to understand, accept, and welcome Maria, Jin, and Fatima.
12) Top story
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Front desk volume 5
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English
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In this fifth book in the series, "Mia Tang is at the top of her game. She's spending winter break with Mom, Lupe, Jason, and Hank in San Francisco's Chinatown. Rich with history and hilarious aunties and uncles, it's the place to find a great story--one she hopes to publish while attending journalism camp at the Tribune. But this trip has as many bumps as the hills of San Francisco"--Provided by publisher.
13) One green apple
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English
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While on a school field trip to an orchard to make cider, a young immigrant named Farah gains self-confidence when the green apple she picks perfectly complements the other students' red apples.
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Planting trees and doing other environmental projects for the Civilian Conservation Corps, Russian immigrants Pavel and Anatoly are happy to find employment during the Great Despression, but when other workers accuse them of not being "real Americans," Pavel and Anatoly learn the words to the Star Spangled Banner, newly designated by Congress as the national anthem.
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English
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In memories that rise like wisps of ghosts, LuLing Young searches for the name of her mother, the daughter of the Famous Bonesetter from the Mouth of the Mountain. Trying to hold on to the evaporating past, she begins to write all that she can remember of her life as a girl in China. Meanwhile, her daughter Ruth, a ghostwriter for authors of self-help books, is losing the ability to speak up for herself in front of the man she lives with and his two...
18) Front desk
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Front desk volume 1
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English
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Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade...
19) Tiger daughter
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Día Booklist (Grades 6-8) 2024
Immigrant Heritage Month - Tweens
Women's History - Tweens
Día Booklist (Grades 6-8) 2024
Immigrant Heritage Month - Tweens
Women's History - Tweens
Description
"Wen Zhou is a first-generation daughter of Chinese migrant parents. She has high expectations from her parents to succeed in school, especially her father, whose strict rules leave her feeling trapped. She dreams of creating a future for herself more satisfying than the one her parents expect her to lead. Then she befriends a boy named Henry who is also a first generation immigrant. He is the smartest boy at school despite struggling with his English...
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Language
English
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Coming to America: The Immigrant Experience
Know Your Neighbor: Cultivating Communities of Compassion
Know Your Neighbor: Cultivating Communities of Compassion
Description
At the intersection of "Americanah" and "The Help" comes a riveting debut novel about two marriages - one immigrant and working class, the other from the top 1% - both chasing their version of the American Dream. In the fall of 2007, Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Their situation only improves when Jende's son Neni is hired as household help....
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