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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Tambien de este lado hay suenos. Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one...
3) O Pioneers!
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
O Pioneers by Willa Cather is story of a family of Swedish immigrants who settle in a fictional town in Nebraska. When her father dies, Alexandra Bergson inherits the family farm and is determined to see it succeed, even at a time when many immigrant families are leaving the prairie.
Author
Series
Under Northern skies volume 3
Language
English
Description
"In 1906 Minnesota, Nilda Carlson's life now resembles the images that filled her dreams in Norway. But when she spots the man from her terrifying past in town, her new life and hope for love could come crashing down around her. Did danger follow her across the Atlantic?"--
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
With their eldest son about to be drafted into military service, Reinhardt and Lillian Vogt decide to immigrate to America with their three sons and Reinhardt's adopted brother. After tragedy strikes during the voyage, their hopeful dreams turn to du
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 83
Language
English
Description
This epic novel traces the origins and history of the islands of Hawaii, from their volcanic birth, through the first arrivals of humans from Polynesia, followed by European sailors and missionaries, then Chinese and Japanese laborers, to the modern blending of cultures.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this story based on true events, a treasured wooden chair is passed down from family to family, with each new owner carving the word welcome in a new language.
10) A breath of hope
Author
Language
English
Description
Nilda Carlson and her younger brother Ival come to America to join her older brother Rune and his family on the Strand farm in Minnesota. Uncle Einar Strand refuses to help rune build a house for his family and forbids the community to come onto his land. Can the tragedy that reveals Einar's anger and isolation bring the Carlsons and Strands together into a true family?
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A family emigrates to America where they expect to find streets paved with gold, but instead it takes hard work and determination before they find a way to make a living in their new home.
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In a unique collaboration with photographer and educator Wendy Ewald, eighteen immigrant teenagers create an alphabet defining their experiences in pictures and words. Wendy helped students design and pose their photographs, interviewing them along the way about their own journeys and perspectives. America Border Culture Dreamer presents Wendy and the students' poignant and powerful images and definitions along with their personal stories of change,...
14) The copycat kid
Author
Series
Billie B. Brown volume 14
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Being the new girl's buddy is a VERY important job. Billie is excited! But what happens when the new girl starts to copy everything Billie does?" -- Page [4] of cover.
15) Tiger daughter
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
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 smartest boy at school despite struggling with his English...
Author
Series
Under Northern skies volume 1
Language
English
Description
"In 1910, Signe, her husband, and their boys emigrate from Norway to Minnesota, dreaming of one day owning a farm of their own. But the relatives they've come to stay with are harsh and demanding. As Signe's family is worked to the bone to repay the cost of their voyage, can she learn to trust God through this trial and hold on to hope for a better future?"--
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
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--
19) All my rage
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
A family extending from Pakistan to California, deals with generations of young love, old regrets, and forgiveness.
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....
20) An untamed land
Author
Series
Red River of the North volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Ingeborg, her husband Roald, and their son immigrate to America with high hopes in 1880. When New York doesn't measure up to their expectations, they continue westward until reaching the Dakota territory. The family must stuggle to achieve their dream.
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