immigrants

"When a shy girl named Sarah Sierra first joins an after-school program in her neighborhood, she never expects to travel back in time and discover the words of Miguel de Cervantes. But at Still Waters in a Storm, a teacher named Stephen and a group of kids have pushed together tables piled high with books so they can gather round to talk about and translate Cervantes' classic, Don Quixote de La Mancha. They begin to reimagine Don Quixote-the story of an idealistic dreamer from Spain who traveled around trying to right the world's wrongs-as the story of a group of modern-day kids from immigrant families in Brooklyn"--Amazon.

Newly arrived from Colombia, Isabella's first day of school in the United States is cancelled because of snow and when Isabella notices a girl playing outside she makes a new friend, despite the language barrier.

"Julissa Arce explores her days in Mexico separated from her parents and her daily fears while growing up undocumented in Texas"--Provided by publisher.

"Drawn from Kao Kalia Yang's childhood experiences as a Hmong refugee, this heartfelt picture book offers a window into the life of a family with little money and a great deal of love"--Provided by publisher.

Nine-year-old Betita and her parents fled Mexico after her uncle was killed by the cartels, and settled in Los Angeles seeking political asylum and safety in what her father calls Aztlan, the land of the cranes; but now they have been swept up by by the government's Immigration Customs Enforcement, her father deported back to Mexico, and Betita and her mother confined in a family detention camp--Betita finds heart in her imagination and the picture poems her father taught her, but each day threatens to further tear her family apart.

A novel about a young immigrant woman's obsession with her privileged male classmate; and the lengths she'll go to win his love.

A novel that explores the effect of an explosive secret on multiple generations of a Jamaican family.

"When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, he picked flowers, helped his mam? feed the chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his migrant family moved on. When he grew up, Juan Felipe Herrera became a poet"--Provided by publisher.

Kanzi's family has moved from Egypt to America, and on her first day in a new school, what she wants more than anything is to fit in. In this story based on the author's own childhood experience, Kanzi's most treasured reminder of her old home provide s a pathway for acceptance in her new one.