immigrants

Writing in the notebook which her teacher gave her, thirteen-year-old Celiane describes life with her mother and brother in Haiti as well as her experiences in Brooklyn after the family finally immigrates there to be reunited with her father.

Explores the history, culture, and contributions of Jews in America from the arrival of the earliest European settlers to the present day.

Fourteen essays examine aspects and incidents of racism, presenting the viewpoints of individuals who have experienced it and discussing such topics as prejudice at various school levels, the handling of Hurricane Katrina rescues and relief, and the Virginia Tech shootings.

Eleven-year-old Ghanaian immigrant Harrison Opuku, captivated by the sights and sounds of London, as well as the glamour and power of the neighborhood gangs, begins his own murder investigation, along with his best friend, after they find one of their classmates killed, apparently for his dinner.

When poverty forces her family to leave their home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dani has a hard time adjusting to life in New York City, where everything is different except her father's anger, but an unlikely bond she forms with a wealthy, spoiled girl at school helps heal both of their families.

In 1974 Manhattan, a radical young Irish monk struggles with personal demons while making his home among Bronx prostitutes, a group of mothers shares grief over their lost Vietnam soldier sons, and a young grandmother attempts to prove her worth.

Aisling Juanjuan Shen, the daughter of illiterate peasant parents in a poor rice-farming hamlet in China, recounts how she overcame her poverty stricken beginnings and the gender biases of the Chinese government and business world to find success and happiness in modern China.

The story of a young woman growing up in a poor section in Brooklyn in the early 1900's.