immigrants

In this picture book with lyrical text in Spanish, Mexican American author Yuyi Morales retells her own immigration story. Describes how she carried her infant son across a bridge into America and struggled to speak and understand the language, and to find a place to belong, until they discovered the public library where books became their key to reading, speaking, and writing. Includes a list of books that inspired Morales.

"Following two families from Pakistan and Iraq in the 1990s through to San Francisco in 2016, a comic novel about being Muslim immigrants in modern America"--Provided by publisher.

"Anita watches the dragons high above her as she hops from one cement roof to another in her village in the Dominican Republic. But being the valiant princesa she is, she never lets them scare her. Then one day, Anita must face her fears to begin a new life in a new country. Will she be brave enough to enter the belly of the beast and take flight to new adventures?"--OCLC.

"It's Rashin's first day of school in America! Everything is a different shape than what she's used to: from the foods on her breakfast plate to the letters in the books! And the kids' families are from all over! The new teacher asks each child to imagine the shape of home on a map. Rashin knows right away what she'll say: Iran looks like a cat! What will the other kids say? Open this book to join Rashin in discovering the true things that shape a place called home"--.

Sophie lives on the border between the United States and Mexico. She spends most of her time taking care of her little sister and working at the family restaurant, hoping to catch the eye the Mexican boy who delivers baked goods. Her father and uncle spend their free time scouring the desert as part of a civilian militia, trying to stop undocumented immigrants from entering the United States. When Sophie becomes involved with an immigrant-aid organization called Human Kind, it challenges everything she's ever known. Suddenly, Sophie is stuck at the borderline of family and justice.

In 1960s New York, fifth-grader Ruthie, a Cuban-Jewish immigrant, must rely on books, art, her family, and friends in her multicultural neighborhood when an accident puts her in a body cast.

"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"--Provided by the publisher.

"A picture book that tells the true story of the author's immigration from Kuwait to the United States"--Provided by publisher.

"Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution"--Provided by publisher.

"A young immigrant from South Korea finds community and friendship in an apartment house filled with other newly arrived kids"--Provided by publisher.