Presents the journey from refuge camp to America and the hardships and joys of a family's struggle to adapt in a strange culture while holding onto traditions that are passed down from her beloved grandmother.

"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.

"As a teen, Anna Qu is sent by her mother to work in her family's garment factory in Queens. At home, she is treated as a maid and suffers punishment for doing her homework at night. Her mother wants to teach her a lesson: she is Chinese, not American, and such is their tough path in their new country. But instead of acquiescing, Qu alerts the Office of Children and Family Services, an act with consequences that impact the rest of her life. Nearly...

Traces the lives of twelve immigrant men from their childhoods in Europe through their arrival at Ellis Island, their efforts to start over in America, and their struggles to survive the upheaval of World War I.

"In this moving true story, Kao Kalia Yang shares her experiences as a Hmong refugee child navigating life at home and school in America while carrying the weight of her selective mutism"--

From Anchee Min, the author of the internationally bestselling memoir "Red Azalea" -- the eagerly awaited sequel, in which she comes to America to find her way, her voice, and her love.

"For an undocumented immigrant, what is the true cost of the American dream? Julissa Arce shares her story in a riveting memoir. When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents, who dreamed the journey would secure her a better life. When her visa expired at the age of 15, she became an undocumented immigrant. Thus began her underground existence, a decades long game...

"This memoir turns on the author's immigration to South Carolina at age 13, her childhood spent shuttling back and forth between East and West Germany, and her struggle for the meaning of home as Germany transformed from two states to one. Dreaming in German combines an immigrant memoir from a child of the global professional class with an inside look at the effects of German division on family relationships as seen from the Western side of the Wall"--From...