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Hannah's Journal Hannah's Journal Marissa Moss In the Russian shtetl where she and her family live, Hannah is given a diary for her tenth birthday, and in it she records the dramatic story of her journey to America. OL106894W
The Thanksgiving Door The Thanksgiving Door Debby Atwell When Ed and Ann’s turkey dinner burns, they think their Thanksgiving is ruined. But what appears to be a disaster becomes a blessing in disguise when Ed and Ann unknowingly intrude on an immigrant fa… OL110989W
Dreams In The Golden Country Dreams In The Golden Country Kathryn Lasky New dreams and old traditions flourish and clash when a Jewish girl and her family emigrate from Russia to America. OL121817W
Land of promise Land of promise Joan Lowery Nixon In 1902 fifteen-year-old Rose travels from Ireland to join family members in Chicago, where she must use all her resources to deal with her father's drinking and her brothers' dangerous involvement i… OL137768W
The dream jar The dream jar Bonnie Pryor After emigrating to America, each member of a Russian family works hard to contribute to the family's dream of someday owning and running a store. OL14854524W
Goodbye, Vietnam Goodbye, Vietnam Gloria Whelan Thirteen-year-old Mai and her family embark on a dangerous sea voyage from Vietnam to Hong Kong to escape the unpredictable and often brutal Vietnamese government. OL14866619W
Oranges on Golden Mountain Oranges on Golden Mountain Elizabeth Partridge When hard times fall on his family, Jo Lee is sent from China to San Francisco, where he helps his uncle fish and dreams of being reunited with his mother and sister. OL15021562W
Land of Dreams Land of Dreams Joan Lowery Nixon In 1902 sixteen-year-old Kristin travels with her family from Sweden to a new life in Minnesota, where she finds herself frustrated by the restrictions placed on what girls of her age are expected or… OL15130595W
Mirette & Bellini cross Niagara Falls Mirette & Bellini cross Niagara Falls Emily Arnold McCully With the help of a young immigrant boy they meet on their crossing to America, two famous tightrope walkers manage to survive the treachery of a rival showman. OL15199718W
Goodbye, Havana! Hola, New York! Goodbye, Havana! Hola, New York! Edie Colón When Fidel Castro's government takes over their restaurant in 1960, six-year-old Gabriella and her parents move from Cuba to New York City. OL15537787W
Bread and roses, too Bread and roses, too Katherine Paterson Jake and Rosa, two children, form an unlikely friendship as they try to survive and understand the 1912 Bread and Roses strike of mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts. OL15835026W
Double crossing Double crossing Eve Tal In 1905, as life becomes increasingly difficult for Jews in Ukraine, eleven-year-old Raizel and her father flee to America in hopes of earning money to bring the rest of the family there, but her fat… OL15859847W
Inside Out & Back Again Inside Out & Back Again Thanhha Lai Inside Out & Back Again is a verse novel by Thanhha Lai. The book was awarded the 2011 National Book Award for Young People's Literature and one of the two Newbery Honors. The novel was based on her … OL15987908W
Speak up, Tommy! Speak up, Tommy! Jacqueline Dembar Greene Tommy, who recently moved to America from Israel, is teased because he does not know English well and so does not speak loudly, but when a police officer visits Tommy's class with a police dog that o… OL16175886W
The good braider The good braider Terry Farish Follows Viola as she survives brutality in war-torn Sudan, makes a perilous journey, lives as a refugee in Egypt, and finally reaches Portland, Maine, where her quest for freedom and security is hamp… OL16215135W
Yuvi's candy tree Yuvi's candy tree Lesley Simpson Fleeing famine in her native Ethiopia, five-year-old Yuvi is sure she will have a candy tree when she arrives in Jerusalem. OL16295826W
No Safe Place No Safe Place Deborah Ellis Finalist for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award Orphaned and plagued with the grief of losing everyone he loves, fifteen-year-old Abdul has made a long, fraught journey from his … OL16574250W
Shooting Kabul Shooting Kabul N. H. Senzai Escaping from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in the summer of 2001, eleven-year-old Fadi and his family immigrate to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Fadi schemes to return to the Pakistani refugee … OL16628415W
I be somebody I be somebody Hadley Irwin A young black boy in the early 1900's hears his community talk about moving to Canada to escape the prejudices and problems they face in the United States. OL1662921W
The runaway's gold The runaway's gold Emilie Christie Burack "The protagonist of this historical novel, which is set in the Shetland Islands and also New York City around 1840, is Christopher Robertson, a crofter and son of a crofter (small, struggling tenant … OL17868090W
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