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Illegal people Illegal people David Bacon For two decades photojournalist David Bacon has documented the connections between labor, migration, and the global economy. In Illegal People Bacon exposes the many ways globalization uproots people… OL11914365W
Dark water Dark water Laura McNeal Living in a cottage on her uncle's southern California avocado ranch since her parent's messy divorce, fifteen-year-old Pearl Dewitt meets and falls in love with an illegal migrant worker, and is tra… OL14919518W
Crossing the wire Crossing the wire Will Hobbs The book is about a 15 year old boy who tries to cross the border from Mexico to the states.It tells about his hardships getting there and his interactions,I recommend this book.I had to read it for … OL15835578W
Waxwings Waxwings Jonathan Raban A novel set in Seattle at the turn of the millennium follows two immigrants as they struggle to achieve the American dream in the midst of terrorism, economic fireworks, and unrest in the streets. OL15857720W
Escape from North Korea Escape from North Korea Melanie Kirkpatrick It is a crime to leave North Korea. Yet increasing numbers of North Koreans dare to flee. They go first to neighboring China, which rejects them as criminals, then on to Southeast Asia or Mongolia, a… OL16548143W
Undocumented Dominican Migration Undocumented Dominican Migration Frank Graziano xix, 319 p. : 24 cm OL17575209W
Heat Heat Mike Lupica Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents… OL17735363W
Ambassador Ambassador William Alexander Appointed Earth's ambassador to the universe, twelve-year-old Gabe Fuentes faces two sets of "alien" problems when he discovers his parents are illegal aliens and face deportation and the Earth is in… OL17825448W
Bridge Bridge Patrick Jones Eighteen-year-old Jose serves as the bridge between his non-English speaking family and the rest of the world, and because his parents are illegal immigrants and extended family lives with them, mone… OL17893355W
The Line Becomes a River The Line Becomes a River Francisco Cantú A former US Border Patrol agent's haunting exploration of his time on the Mexican border and the politics, gatekeepers, and victims on both sides of the line. OL19638363W
Forgotten citizens Forgotten citizens Luis H. Zayas "The United States Constitution insures that all persons born in the US are citizens with equal protection under the law. But in today's America, the US-born children of undocumented immigrants--over… OL19666321W
The making of a dream The making of a dream Laura Wides-Muñoz "A timely and powerful chronicle of a generation's great civil rights battle as witnessed through the experiences of five young undocumented immigrants fighting to become Americans. We often call the… OL19742494W
Zebra crossing Zebra crossing Meg Vandermerwe "Zebra Crossing tells the story of its protagonist and narrator, Chipo, an illegal immigrant in her late teens, and her older brother George. Both have fled poverty and political and private turmoil… OL19975883W
Betrayed Betrayed Lisa Scottoline Maverick lawyer Judy Carrier takes the lead in a case that's more personal than ever. Judy has always championed the underdog, so when Iris, the housekeeper and best friend of Judy's beloved Aunt Bar… OL19996552W
We never asked for wings We never asked for wings Vanessa Diffenbaugh For fourteen years, Letty Espinosa has worked three jobs around San Francisco to make ends meet while her mother raised her children -- Alex, now fifteen, and Luna, six -- in their tiny apartment on … OL20012675W
Un fleuve de sang Un fleuve de sang Michel Villeneuve Alex Gauthier a un emploi d'été dans une entreprise d'import-export. Or on vient de découvrir, dans un des conteneurs destinés à la compagnie, les cadavres d'une dizaine d'immigrants illégaux, assass… OL20981140W
Undocumented immigrants in the United States Undocumented immigrants in the United States Anna Ochoa O'Leary "This two-volume reference work addresses the dynamic lives of undocumented immigrants in the United States and establishes these individuals' experiences as a key part of our nation's demographic an… OL23303864W
Illegal immigration Illegal immigration Gail Stewart Presents an overview of illegal immigration, discussing the extent of the problem, which countries the immigrants come from, what life is like for illegal immigrants, and what Americans think about t… OL24063256W
Les étrangers illégaux à la recherche de papiers Les étrangers illégaux à la recherche de papiers Ange Bergson Lendja Ngnemzue Ce livre évalue et contourne certaines habitudes de recherche et de pensée sur l'immigration irrégulière pour considérer les enjeux des "papiers" du côté des sans-papiers eux-mêmes. L'enquête s'intér… OL24452706W
Heat Heat Mike Lupica **Michael Arroyo has a pitching arm that throws serious heat. But his firepower is nothing compared to the heat Michael faces in his day-to-day life. Newly orphaned after his father led the family's … OL2727948W
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