immigrants

Presents a brief history of India and surveys the immigration of East Indians to America. Also identifies the contributions of individual East Indians to American life and culture.

Explores the history of Cuban immigration to the United States, describing the 1959 mass immigration of 20,000 people and the more than one million who have since fled Fidel Castro's rule. Explains the experiences that Cubans faced after arriving in America, ranging from discrimination to success in business, politics, and the arts.

Examines the history of Chinese immigration to the United States, discussing why they came, what they did when they got here, where they settled, and customs they brought with them.

Newly-arrived in the United States from Mexico, Carmen is apprehensive about going to school and learning English.

Discusses the contributions to American culture by South American immigrants.

Explores the cultural history of Central Americans and discusses how Central Americans are among the fastest growing minority within the larger minority of Hispanics in the United States. Examines how Central Americans are working to better their home countries as well as the United States.

After leaving the Dominican Republic to live with her brother in New York, fifteen-year-old Nina Perez looks for a way to acclimate herself in this new and strange world. She gradually finds the strength to discover her place in the world, but her new self-confidence is put to the test when she learns about the ugly truth behind her brother's business.

An upper-middle-class white girl from Long Island and an immigrant worker from Colombia fall in love despite objections from both their families and their community.

Tells the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as seen through the eyes of Jacob, a thirteen-year-old Jewish boy who lives in a boarding house with his father and younger sister.

Writing in the diary which her father gave her, thirteen-year-old Yara describes life with her family in Havana, Cuba, in 1967 as well as her experiences in Miami, Florida, after immigrating there to be reunited with some relatives while leaving others behind.