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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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 ARIWallmark, 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 WALTorres 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 TORLim, 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 LIMLee, 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, Call number: JE LEEYee, 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 YEEPhi, Bao
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 Easy, Call number: JE PHIDobbs, Alda P.
Summary: Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's dangerous journey to cross the U.S. border.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD DOBNuurali, Siman
Summary: Sadiq and his friends are starting a video game club at school and planning a tournament for the whole school to participate in, but their teacher reminds them that they also have to have a service pledge, and they are not really sure how video games fit in with the goal of helping others--until a visit to an assisted living home where his mother volunteers gives him an idea.
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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 NUUKheiriyeh, 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 KHEYang, Kelly
Summary: "Mia Tang is at the top of her game! She's spending winter break with Mom, Lupe, Jason, and Hank in San Francisco's Chinatown! Rich with history and hilarious aunties and uncles, it's the place to find a great story--one she hopes to publish while attending journalism camp at the Tribune. But this trip has as many bumps as the hills of San Francisco... 1. Mia's camp is full of older kids, with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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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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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 BEHLasky, Kathryn
Summary: Forced to abandon Princess Elizabeth when Mary ascends the English throne, Rose sews elaborate gowns for Mary's upcoming coronation before violently escalating attacks on Protestants compel her to escape into her own time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LASTahir, 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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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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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MENSolis, 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 SOLMakatini, 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 MAKLai, Thanhha.
Summary: Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
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Summary: When a racist incident rocks her small Michigan town, eleven-year-old Lekha must decide whether to speak up or stay silent, even as she struggles to navigate her life at home, where she can be herself, and at school, where she is teased about her culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KELLi, Charmaine Anne
Summary: "This YA debut is a searing ode to queer identity, growing up in an immigrant community, and carving a place for yourself in the world with the help of your friends. Jay Wong is spending the last languid days of summer 2010 trying to land a kickflip and begging for something (anything!) to make her senior year different--to finally give her some stories worth telling. When she meets Ash Chan,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA FIC LIEngle, Margarita
Summary: Illustrations and easy-to-read text tell of travelers who have left their homelands to bring their talents, hopes, and determination to a land where Liberty's light shines for all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ENGCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ENGZhang, Kat
Summary: Amy Wu would love to welcome the new student in her class, but Lin has just come from China and does not speak much English, so with the help of her family Amy tries to work out a way to bridge the language gap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022