Children & Young Adults Fiction - Social Issues - Emigration & Immigration

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All the Way to America: The Story of ...

Dan Yaccarino

"This immigration story is universal." —School Library Journal, Starred  Dan Yaccarino's great-grandfather arrived at Ellis Island with a small shovel and his parents' good advice: "Work hard, but remember to enjoy l...

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Published: Sep 2014

Return to Sender

Julia Alvarez

After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn't sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And w...

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Published: Sep 2010

My Diary From Here to There/Mi diario...

Amada Irma Perez

One night, Amada overhears her parents whisper about moving from Mexico to Los Angeles, where greater opportunity awaits. As she and her family make the journey north, Amada records her fears, hopes, and dreams for their new life in h...

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Published: Apr 2009

The Orphan Of Ellis Island (Time Trav...

Elvira Woodruff

On a class trip to Ellis Island, orphan Dominic Cantori is mysteriously transported back to 1908 Italy, where he unlocks the door to his heritage and learns what it feels like to be loved by his own family.

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Published: Aug 2000

Habibi

Naomi Shihab Nye

The day after Liyana got her first real kiss, her life changed forever. Not because of the kiss, but because it was the day her father announced that the family was moving from St. Louis all the way to Palestine. Though her father gre...

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Published: Jun 1999

Devolver al Remitente (Return to Send...

Julia Alvarez

After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure. Tyler isn't sure what to make of these workers. Are they undocumented? And w...

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Published: Sep 2010

Secret Side of Empty

Maria E. Andreu

Indie Excellence Award WinnerJunior Library Guild SelectionSchool Library Journal Top 10 Latino Books of 2014As a straight-A student with a budding romance and loyal best friend, M.T.'s life seems as apple-pie American as her blondish...

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Published: Sep 2015

Xochitl and the Flowers/Xochitl, la N...

Jorge Argueta

Though Xochitl and her family have put down new roots in the United States, Xochitl still misses the garden and flower shop they left behind in El Salvador. But when Xochitl's family decides to start a nursery and sell their flowers o...

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Published: Mar 2008

Ashes of Roses

Mary Jane Auch

When Rose Nolan arrives on Ellis Island as a seventeen-year-old Irish immigrant, she is looking for a land of opportunities; what she finds is far from all she'd dreamed. Stubborn and tenacious, she refuses to give up. Left alone to f...

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Published: Feb 2015

Dragonwings: An Instructional Guide f...

Suzanne Barchers

Introduce students to this award-winning novel and encourage them to analyze the text by completing fun, challenging activities and lessons provided in this instructional guide for literature. This guide is filled with rigorous, cross...

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Published: Mar 2015

B at Home: Emma Moves Again

Valerie Besanceney

Emma is only ten years old, but has already moved twice. Now, her parents are telling her the family is moving again. She's furious, sad, nervous, and a little excited, all at the same time. Unsure of how to tackle these conflicting e...

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Published: Apr 2014

Polar Bear Island

Lindsay Bonilla

“Welcome to Polar Bear Island. NO OTHERS ALLOWED!”   So says Parker, the mayor, eager to keep the island just the way it is. But Kirby, a newly arrived penguin, is shaking things up—much to Parker’s dismay...

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Published: Oct 2022

Gaby, Lost and Found

Angela Cervantes

Wanted: One amazing forever home for one amazing sixth grader."My name is Gaby, and I'm looking for a home. Having the nicest clothes or cell phone isn't important, but I'd like to have a cat that I can talk to when I'm homealone...

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Published: Apr 2015

Behind the Mountains

Edwidge Danticat

A lyrical and poignant coming-of-age story about one girl's immigration experience, as she moves from Haiti to New York City, by award-winning author Edwidge Danticat. It is election time in Haiti, and bombs are going off in the ...

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Published: Apr 2022

Santiago's Road Home

Alexandra Diaz

Three starred reviews! “Harrowing but deeply illuminating.” —School Library Journal A young boy gets detained by ICE while crossing the border from Mexico to the United States in this timely and unflinching nov...

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Published: May 2021

The Only Road

Alexandra Diaz

PURA BELPRÉ HONOR BOOK ALA NOTABLE BOOKTwelve-year-old Jaime makes the treacherous and life-changing journey from his home in Guatemala to live with his older brother in the United States in this "powerful and timely" (Book...

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Published: Oct 2017

No Safe Place

Deborah Ellis

Orphaned and plagued with the grief of losing everyone he loves, 15-year-old Abdul has made a long, fraught journey from his war-torn home in Baghdad, only to end up in The Jungle - a squalid, makeshift migrant community in Calais, Fr...

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Published: Sep 2011

Golden Girl

Reem Faruqi

From the award-winning, ALA Notable author of Unsettled and Lailah’s Lunchbox, this is a captivating coming-of-age middle grade novel in verse about seventh grader Aafiyah Qamar, a Pakistani American girl who...

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Published: Mar 2023

Refugee 87

Ele Fountain

A young refugee crosses continents in this timely, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting novel of survival. Shif has a happy life, unfamiliar with the horrors of his country's regime. He is one of the smartest boys in school,...

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Published: Jun 2020

One Good Thing About America: Story o...

Ruth Freeman

It's always hard to start at a new school . . . and even harder if you're in a new country. Back home, nine-year-old Anaïs was the best English student in her class, but here in Crazy America it feels like she doesn't know English at...

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Published: May 2019

Rebecca: Lights, Camera, Rebecca! (Am...

Jacqueline Greene

For her tenth birthday, Rebecca is invited to visit her cousin Max's movie studio! When the cameras begin to roll, she finds herself unexpectedly presented with a part to play. Rebecca doesn't have the courage to tell her family, but ...

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Published: Aug 2019

Rebecca: The Sound of Applause (Ameri...

Jacqueline Greene

Rebecca Rubin was born for the stage. If only her very traditional family understood this! When her cousin Ana's family needs money to leave Russia, Rebecca puts on a sidewalk show, but all she earns is a scolding. Once Ana arrives in...

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Published: Aug 2019

The Sky at Our Feet

Nadia Hashimi

This #ownvoices novel by bestselling author Nadia Hashimi tells the affecting story of an Afghan-American boy who believes his mother has been deported. For fans of Inside Out and Back Againand Counting by 7s. Jason has just learned t...

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Published: Apr 2019

When Stars Are Scattered

Victoria Jamieson

Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee camp, as told by a Somali refugee to the Newbery Honor-winning creator of Roller Girl.Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent m...

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Published: Apr 2020

A Different Land

Paul Jennings

Christopher is 12,000 miles from home. The pub has a dirt floor and the owner is as rough as guts. The forest hides snakes, feral pigs and a dark secret. Mysterious, bold, and strange. Expect the unexpected. And watch your step. Enter...

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Published: Apr 2020

Duck for Turkey Day

Jacqueline Jules

It's almost Thanksgiving, and Tuyet is excited about the holiday and the vacation from school. There's just one problem: her Vietnamese American family is having duck for Thanksgiving dinner—not turkey! Nobody has duck for Thanksgiv...

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Published: Sep 2017

Blackbird Fly

Erin Entrada Kelly

Future rock star or friendless misfit? That's no choice at all. In this acclaimed novel, twelve-year-old Apple grapples with being different; with friends and backstabbers; and with following her dreams. Publishers Weekly called Black...

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Published: Mar 2016

The Land of Forgotten Girls

Erin Entrada Kelly

Erin Entrada Kelly, the author of the acclaimed Blackbird Fly, writes with grace, imagination, and deepest heart about family, sisters, and friendship, and about finding and holding on to hope in difficult times.Two sisters from the P...

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Published: Feb 2017

Pie in the Sky

Remy Lai

A poignant, laugh-out-loud illustrated middle-grade novel about an eleven-year-old boy's immigration experience, his annoying little brother, and their cake-baking hijinks!An Amazon Best Book of the Month and recipient of FIVE starred...

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Published: Jun 2019

A Long Pitch Home

Natalie Dias Lorenzi

Ten-year-old Bilal liked his life back home in Pakistan. He was a star on his cricket team. But when his father suddenly sends the family to live with their aunt and uncle in America, nothing is familiar. While Bilal tries to keep up ...

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Published: Feb 2018
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