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Immigrant experiencesFitzpatrick, Lydia
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Ilya arrives in Louisiana from his native Russia for what should be the adventure of his life: a year in America as an exchange student. The abundance of his new world--the Super Walmarts and heated pools and enormous televisions--is as hard to fathom as the relentless cheerfulness of his host parents. And Sadie, their beautiful and enigmatic daughter, has miraculously taken an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FITCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FITCleveland, Karen
Summary: In pursuit of a Russian sleeper cell on American soil, a CIA analyst uncovers a dangerous secret that will test her loyalty to the agency--and to her family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CLEKrasner, Barbara
Summary: Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Russian immigrants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Child's World 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.049 KRASlor, Zhanna
Summary: Masha remembers her childhood in the former USSR, but found her life and heart in Israel. Anna was an infant when her family fled, but yearns to find her roots. When Anna is contacted by a stranger from their homeland and then disappears, Masha is called home to Milwaukee to find her, and where the search leads changes the family forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Agora Books, an imprint of Polis Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SLORich, Roberta
Summary: "A sweeping, New York-set historical novel following a Jewish cigarette girl who moonlights as a spy and attempts to bring justice to her family on the eve of World War II"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2023
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: FIC RICVapnyar, Lara
Summary: "Follows the intertwined lives of four immigrants in New York City as they grapple with love and tumult, the challenges of a new home, and the absurdities of the digital age"--From publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hogarth 2016