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1) Refugee
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Missing her mother who has returned to Turkey to resolve an immigration problem, sixth-grader Sila welcomes a very large distraction in her life when she helps a surprising new friend rescue a circus elephant.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jude lives in a coastal tourist town in Syria where many people go to get away. While Jude wants to become a movie star, her older brother, Issa, wants more from their future than the oppression overtaking their beloved country. As the tumult crawls closer to Jude's home, Issa yearns to join the revolution in Aleppo, Baba refuses to leave his seaside store, and Mama believes the safest place for Jude, herself, and the baby she is carrying...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
213 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In nineteenth-century Norway, fourteen-year-old Astri, whose aunt has sold her to a mean goatherder, dreams of joining her father in America.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
158 p.: 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the mid-1800s, Nory and her neighbor and friend, Sean, set out separately on a dangerous journey from famine-plagued Ireland, hoping to reach a better life in America.
6) You wouldn't want to sail on an Irish famine ship!: a trip across the Atlantic you'd rather not make
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Li, her mother, and her brother journey from China to America to join their father in San Francisco. But they are detained at the Angel Island immigration center, where Chinese Americans are subject to harsh treatment and questioning. Will Li be able to answer the detailed questions about her former home, and why she wants to come to America? Or will she fail the tests and be deported?"--Title verso page.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Fleeing abusive relatives and extreme poverty in Mexico, young Santiago endures being detained by ICE while crossing the border into the United States.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
405 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Hanako and her family, reeling from their confinement in an internment camp, renounce their American citizenship to move to Hiroshima, a city devastated by the atomic bomb dropped by Americans.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
299 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Aref, a third-grader who lives in Muscat, Oman, refuses to pack his suitcase and prepare to move to Michigan, his mother asks for help from his grandfather, his Siddi, who takes Aref around the country, storing up memories he can carry with him to a new home.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
1986
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
69 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
After immigrating from Sweden to join relatives in an American prairie community, Kirsten endures the ordeal of a strange school through a secret friendship with an Indian girl.