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Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In an era when immigration on a global scale defines the fears and aspirations of Americans, this book presents the complexities of migration through the stories of families fleeing violence and poverty, the government and nongovernmental organizations helping or hindering their progress, and the American communities receiving them. Going beyond the polemical, partisan debate, Noorani offers sensitive insights and real solutions"--
2) Refugee
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
With more than three million foreign-born residents today, New York has been America's defining port of entry for nearly four centuries, a magnet for transplants from all over the globe. These migrants have brought their hundreds of languages and distinct cultures to the city, and from there to the entire country. More immigrants have come to New York than all other entry points combined. City of Dreams is peopled with memorable characters both beloved...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discover just how important the movement of people to and across the United States has been throughout the nations history. Helpful photographs, fact boxes, and a timeline bring all the aspects of immigration and migration in America into sharp focus--from the bustling days of Ellis Island to the current debates about these issues.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This important book from a Pulitzer Prize finalist follows the brutal journey a group of men take to cross the Mexican border: "the single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy" (The Atlantic).
In May 2001, a group of men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadliest region of the continent, the "Devil's...
In May 2001, a group of men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadliest region of the continent, the "Devil's...
Author
Publisher
Paul Jamison
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
Description
"The ٢Heart of a Hustler٣ demonstrates that the American Dream is still available to anyone with the desire, fire, and passion to work hard. Chant Singnongsa's story is about truly beating the odds. His entertaining journey takes you from his days as an immigrant, to where he is today, an entrepreneur with multiple businesses." -- cover.
Author
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Offers readers a compelling look into the lives, challenges, and successes of Somali immigrants. Additional features include a Fast Facts page, a timeline, informative photo captions, critical-thinking questions,primary source quotes and accompanying source notes, a phonetic glossary, additional resources for further study, and an index"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"This book explores the way government policy and popular responses to immigrant groups evolved throughout U.S. history, particularly between 1800 and 1965. The book concludes with a summary of events up to contemporary times, as immigration again becomes a hot-button issue."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Swedish novelist Ola Larsmo's historical novel Swede Hollow follows a group of Swedish immigrants at the turn of the 20th century and their experiences trying to forge a life for their families in Swede Hollow, a collection of shacks in a wooded ravine on the edge of the emerging industrial city of St. Paul"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Uriel the angel and Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) are the only two supernatural creatures in their shtetl (which is so tiny, it doesn't have a name other than Shetl). The angel and the demon have been studying together for centuries, but pogroms and the search for a new life have drawn all the young people from their village to America. When one of those young people, Essie, goes missing. Uriel and Little Ash set off to find her. Along the way...
14) Immigration
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Chronicles mass immigration to the United States from the time of the early colonies to today.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This "tells the story of Alice Conroe, a forty year old Texas barbecue owner who has the perfect life, except she and her husband long for a child. Unable to conceive, she's trying desperately to adopt but her destiny is quickly altered by a young woman she's never met. Fearless thirteen-year-old Carla Trujilio is being raised by her grandmother in Honduras along with her four year old twin brothers. Her mother is sending money home from Texas where...
16) Anna & Solomon
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Based on the story of the author's grandparents' migration to the United States from late-nineteenth-century Russia, shares how Solomon moved to the U.S. first, where he worked to save money for Anna to join him.
17) Band of sisters
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Maureen O'Reilly and her younger sister flee Ireland in hope of claiming the life promised to their father over twenty years before. After surviving the rigors of Ellis Island, Maureen learns that their benefactor, Colonel Wakefield, has died. His family, refusing to own his Civil War debt, casts her out. Alone, impoverished, and in danger of deportation, Maureen connives to obtain employment in a prominent department store. But she soon discovers...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
What defines a citizen? Who can become one? Does the creation of new citizens benefit a country or threaten it? All democracies grapple with questions about who should or should not become citizens of their countries. But not all countries answer these questions in the same ways. The benefits of democracy can be found in every part of the globe. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and its communist ideology in 1991, democracy has been touted as...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
""A beautiful, fiercely honest, and nevertheless deeply empathetic look at those who police the border and the migrants who risk - and lose - their lives crossing it. In a time of often ill-informed or downright deceitful political rhetoric, this book is an invaluable corrective."--Phil Klay For Francisco Cant�u the border is in the blood: his mother, a park ranger and daughter of a Mexican immigrant, raised him in the scrublands of the Southwest....
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