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Summary: A middle-grade history of the "other Ellis Island" traces how Angel Island served as an entry point for one million Asian immigrants to the United States in the early 20th century, drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters and "wall poems" discovered at the facility long after it closed to describe the center's screening process, immigration policies and eventual renaissance as a historic site.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.4 FRECopies Available at Peninsula
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Summary: Examines the role of the Marquis de Lafayette in the American Revolution, discussing how the nineteen-year-old defied the king of France to join the fight for liberty in the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021