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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The vow The vow Jessica Martinez Mo is not only eighteen-year-old Annie's best friend, he is the one who helps her cope with the loss of her older sister, so when he learns he must leave Kentucky and return to Jordan with his family… OL17873354W
Flowers in the sky Flowers in the sky Lynn Joseph "Fifteen-year-old Nina immigrates from the Dominican Republic to New York to live with her older brother and must reconcile the realities of Washington Heights with the dreams of the U.S. her mami en… OL18165131W
Lucy and Linh Lucy and Linh Alice Pung In Australia, Lucy tries to balance her life at home surrounded by her Chinese immigrant family, with her life at a pretentious private school. OL19669781W
King of the Sky King of the Sky Nicola Davies When a young boy moves from his home in Italy to Wales, the only thing that cheers him up are the racing pigeons that Mr. Evans keeps in a loft behind his house. OL19722930W
Americanized Americanized Sara Saedi "At thirteen, bright-eyed, straight-A student Sara Saedi uncovered a terrible family secret: she was breaking the law simply by living in the United States. Only two years old when her parents fled I… OL19731617W
Illegal Illegal Andrew Donkin,Eoin Colfer "Ilegal es un relato sobre la irreductible lucha de un niño, Ebo, por alcanzar una nueva vida y reunirse con su hermana, ausente desde hace meses. Ahora su hermano también ha desaparecido y Ebo sabe … OL19740915W
Front Desk Front Desk Kelly Yang Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. Number 3: She wants to be a writer. It will take all of Mia's courage, kindnes… OL19743864W
Audacity Audacity Melanie Crowder "A historical fiction novel in verse detailing the life of Clara Lemlich and her struggle for women's labor rights in the early 20th century in New York."-- OL20002534W
Girl mans up Girl mans up M-E Girard All Pen wants is to be the kind of girl she's always been. So why does everyone have a problem with it? They think the way she looks and acts means she's trying to be a boy that she should quit tryin… OL20034145W
Mamá the alien Mamá the alien René Colato Laínez "A young girl misunderstands the word alien on her mother's Resident Alien Card and let's her imagination run wild, coming to the conclusion that her mother is from outer space. Includes author's not… OL20047300W
City of grit and gold City of grit and gold Maud Macrory Powell Addie, a twelve-year-old Jewish girl in 1886 Chicago, struggles to keep her family together at the time of the Haymarket affair, as laborers protest for better working conditions. OL20056798W
Journey of the Sparrows Journey of the Sparrows Fran Leeper Buss Maria and her brother and sister, Salvadoran refugees, are smuggled into the United States in crates and try to eke out a living in Chicago with the help of a sympathetic family. OL4081528W