Munsch, Robert N.
Summary: "When Saoussan immigrated with her family from war-torn Lebanon, she was only seven years old. This picture book tells the story of how she had to adjust to her new home in Canada. She describes the frustration of not understanding the teacher when she started school, not knowing how to ask to go to the bathroom, and being terrified of a prop skeleton. This is the perfect book to help kids...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MUNLim, Rebecca
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LIMArias, Patricia de
Summary: "One night they came ... The darkness grew colder, deeper, darker, and swallowed up everything ... Marwan is a young boy on a journey he never intended to take, bound for a place he doesn't know. On his journey, he relies on courage and memories of his faraway homeland to buoy him. With him are hundreds and thousands of other human beings, crossing the deserts and the seas, fleeing war and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minedition 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARITorres Sanchez, Jenny
Summary: Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequeña has her pride. And these three teens have one another. But, none of them have illusions about the town they've grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Even with the love of family, threats lurk around every corner. And when those threats become all too real, the trio knows they have no choice but to run: from their country, from their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TORCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TORLee, Sophia N.
Summary: After recently moving to the United States, a young girl reminisces about her time spent helping her Lolo run his sari-sari store in the Philippines, and uses some of his wisdom to make herself feel more at home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LEEWallmark, Laurie
Summary: "A little Jewish girl living on the Lower East Side during the flu pandemic of 1918 can't start school because her father is sick, so she makes a trade with her neighbors: chores for lessons"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WALNuurali, Siman
Summary: Ms. Battersby has announced that Sadiq's third-grade class will be having elections for student government! Everyone is buzzing with excitement, but Sadiq isn't sure about any of it. Should he run for one of the positions? He does lots of research and gets good advice from his parents and siblings. Watching an inspiring speech finally helps him decide exactly what he wants to do. But when a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE NUUPhi, Bao
Summary: "As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PHICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE PHIBehar, Ruth
Summary: "La inspiradora historia de una joven judía que escapa de Polonia para rehacer su vida en Cuba, mientras trabaja para rescatar al resto de su familia. La situación se está poniendo terrible para los judíos en Polonia en vísperas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El padre de Esther ha huido a Cuba y ella es la primera en seguir sus pasos y reencontrarse con él en la isla. Vivir separada de su...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SPANISH BEHTorres Sanchez, Jenny
Summary: "La travesía llena de peligros, resiliencia, dolor y esperanza de tres adolescentes guatemaltecos que cruzan la frontera entre México y Estado Unidos. En este impresionante retrato de tres vidas injustamente destrozadas, basado en hechos reales, Jenny Torres Sanchez resalta el sacrificio de los migrantes en la frontera sur a través de una narración vívida y conmovedora."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SPANISH SANFontenaille, Élise
Summary: A six-year-old boy loves nothing more than spending time with Luis, his immigrant grandfather, who teaches the boy about birds, plants, and the natural world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FONMenon, Uma
Summary: "Recounting her mother's migration from India and how she came to speak two languages--Malayalam and English--a young girl shows how the gift of multilingualism can transport people across borders and around the world"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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Summary: On their way to a May Day parade, twins Hue and Hoa spy a confused-looking duck and try to help it reach the pond, while neighbors from many countries offer help and greetings in different languages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE PHICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PHIKheiriyeh, Rashin
Summary: It's Rashin's first day of school in America. Everything is a different shape than what she's used to: from the foods on her breakfast plate to the letters in the books. And the kids' families are from all over. The new teacher asks each child to imagine the shape of home on a map. Rashin knows right away what she'll say: Iran looks like a cat. What will the other kids say?
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD KHESolis, Nicholas
Summary: "When a boy notices the new girl collecting litter on their walks home, he wants to know why. She shows him the mural she's created that reminds her of the home she left behind. They both find how wonderful it is to make a new friend."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SOLTahir, Sabaa
Summary: Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Clouds' Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Juniper, California. Now. Salahudin and Noor are more than best friends; they are family. Growing up as outcasts in the small desert town of Juniper,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC TAHCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC TAHZoboi, Ibi Aanu
Summary: "A National Book Award Finalist with five starred reviews! A New York Times Notable Book * Publishers Weekly Flying Start * Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice of 2017 (Top of the List winner) * School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Best Book of the Year * BookPage Best YA Book of the Year American Street is an evocative and powerful...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ZOBCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ZOBMakatini, Bella
Summary: Danny spends a week with his Grandpa, who tells Danny about one animal from his homeland each day that he is there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis Publishing Inc. 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE MAKSeldeen, Claudia Recinos
Summary: "Maya loves her mother, but she's also embarrassed by her. Maya's mother emigrated from Guatemala years before Maya was born. Still, she clings tightly to her roots and traditions. When lacrosse star Josh Williams suddenly expresses interest in Maya, she's excited to go on a real date. But Maya's mother isn't on board. Can Maya make her mother see she's ready to grow up and have more freedom?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: West 44 Books, an imprint of Enslow Publishing 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SELYee, Lisa
Summary: "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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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC YEECopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC YEEMickelson, Marcia Argueta
Summary: "Guatemalan-American high school senior Millie Vargas struggles to balance her family's needs with her own ambitions, especially after her mother's employer, a Senate candidate, uses Millie as a poster child for 'deserving' immigrants"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Lab 2021
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Summary: In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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1 available in JT Audio Books, Call number: JT CD Fiction Avi 2011Lai, Remy
Summary: "Sometimes life isn't a piece of cake... When Jingwen moves to a new country, he feels like he's landed on Mars. School is torture, making friends is impossible since he doesn't speak English, and he's often stuck looking after his (extremely irritating) little brother, Yanghao. To distract himself from the loneliness, Jingwen daydreams about making all the cakes on the menu of Pie in the Sky,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LAICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC LAILai, Thanhha
Summary: A novel in verse inspired by the author's experience follows Hà and her family, refugees from the Vietnam War, as they move to Texas for a new job, and despite not wanting to start over again, Hà discovers unwanted change can bring a good opportunity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023