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Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In the first picture book written by a DACA Dreamer, Areli Morales tells her own powerful and vibrant immigration story. When Areli was just a baby, her mama and papa moved from Mexico to New York with her brother, Alex, to make a better life for the family--and when she was in kindergarten, they sent for her, too. Everything in New York was different. Gone were the Saturdays at Abuela s house, filled with cousins and sunshine. Instead, things were...
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
"En el primer libro ilustrado escrito por una sǫadora de DACA, Areli Morales cuenta su propia y vibrante historia de inmigraci̤n de mudarse de un pueblo tranquilo en M̌xico a la bulliciosa y ruidosa metr̤polis de la ciudad de Nueva York" -
"In the first picture book written by a DACA dreamer Areli Morales tells her own powerful and vibrant immigration story of moving from a quiet town in Mexico to the bustling and noisy metropolis of New York...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The deeply reported story of identical twin brothers who escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in California--fighting to survive, to stay, and to belong. Growing up in rural El Salvador in the wake of the civil war, Ernesto Flores had always had a fascination with the United States, the faraway land of skyscrapers and Nikes, while his identical twin, Raul, never felt that northbound tug. But when Ernesto ends up on the wrong side of the...
46) Five stories
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Five children, from five different cultures and in five different decades, grow up in the same building on the Lower East Side of New York City"--
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press a capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In today's uncertain world, many families are leaving their home countries and seeking a better life in the United States. Immigrants from Mexico and Central America explores the stories of two boys who left their home countries to find a better life in the United States. Follow their journeys to find out why they left their homelands and understand the challenges they faced in moving to a new country."--
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rashin is an Iranian immigrant girl living in New York, excited by her first trip to Coney Island, and fascinated by the differences in the beach customs between her native Iran and her new home--but she misses the saffron flavored ice cream that she used to eat.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"When Javier Zamora was nine, he traveled unaccompanied by bus, boat, and foot from El Salvador to the United States to reunite with his parents. This is his memoir of that dangerous journey, a nine-week odyssey that nearly ended in calamity on multiple occasions. It's a miracle that Javier survived the crossing and a miracle that he has the talent to now tell his story so masterfully. While Solito is Javier's story, it's also the story of millions...
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