Search Results: Returned 11 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 11
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2005., Back Bay books Call No: 304.87 Urr Edition: 1st Back Bay pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Recounts the case of twenty-six men who attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona through a region called Devil's Highway and were betrayed by a smuggler.
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[2016], Pre-adolescent, Aladdin Call No: 973 .046872 Edition: Young readers editi Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Presents a middle-grade adaptation of the memoir of Reyna Grande about her childhood longing for her absent father, who left Mexico to find work in America to make a dream life for his family. She dreamed of his return, but things didn't work out like that--instead, Reyna found herself following him on her own dangerous journey from El Otro Lado to find him. Along the way, books and writing helped save her.
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[2016], Pre-adolescent, Aladdin Call No: B Edition: Young readers ed., 1st Aladdin hardcover ed. 2016. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "At the age of 8, Reyna Grande made the dangerous and illegal trek across the border from Mexico to the United States, and discovered that the American Dream is much more complicated that it seemed"--Provided by publisher.
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2012., Atria Books Call No: Global Studies Edition: 1st Atria Books har Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Reyna Grande chronicles her life as an undocumented immigrant, from her border crossing at age nine, discussing her difficult relationship with her father, and other complications with her family during childhood. (Socio-Economic Diversity).
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2013, c2012., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: MEMOIR Edition: 1st Mariner Books e Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Anthony Shadid, a Lebanese American living in Oklahoma City and "New York Times" reporter who was kidnapped in Libya during its revolution, returns to Lebanon after his release and reflects on war, exile, rebirth, and home.
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2019., Riverhead Books Call No: B Cantu Edition: First Riverhead trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: The author, a former Boarder Patrol agent of Mexican descent, shares insight into the system he served. Highlights the depersonalized policies that seem to destroy more than they protect.
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2021., Greenhaven Pub. Call No: 325.73 OPE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: At issue.Summary Note: "The term 'open borders' refers to a policy of allowing free movement between countries without restrictions or border control. In an era characterized by the UK Brexit referendum and the Trump administration's policy of restricting immigration in the US, the prospect of borders opening may seem improbable, but a number of politicians, policymakers, economists, and citizens assert that they are the best way to address the economic and social issues the international community faces today. This volume examines the issue of open borders from a variety of angles, examining its economic, social, political, moral, and legal aspects"--Provided by publisher.
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2020., Juvenile, Rosen Central Call No: 305.9069120973 Edition: First edition. Available via Gale eBooks. Click here to access Series Title: Social justice handbook.Summary Note: In this book, young readers will learn about migrants and refugees and some of the reasons for leaving home behind. Full-color photographs, sidebars, a bibliography, further information section, and a glossary are also provided.
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[2018]., Shout Mouse Press, Inc. Call No: 304.87 Voc Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of bilingual, graphic novel memoirs from sixteen young people from the Latin American Youth Center in Washington, D.C. that describe these teens' real-life immigration and transformation experiences.
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2019., Candlewick Press Call No: 305.8 KUK Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Meet nine courageous young adults who have lived in the United States with a secret for much of their lives: they are not U.S. citizens. They came from Colombia, Mexico, Ghana, Independent Samoa, and Korea. They came seeking education, fleeing violence, and escaping poverty. All have heartbreaking and hopeful stories about leaving their homelands and starting a new life in America. And all are weary of living in the shadows.
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2019., Candlewick Press Call No: 364.13 Kuk Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles nine individuals who came to America as undocumented children and now as young adults, reflect on what being an America means, and the struggles they've endured to survive a harsh environment that is significantly better than the one they left.
