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      By Chung, Nicole
       2018., Catapult Call No: HI-INT B CHU    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: As a baby, Nicole Chung was placed for adoption by her Korean parents and raised by a white family in a small Oregon town. Growing up, she wondered more and more about her biological family.
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      By Ha, Robin
       [2020]., Adolescent, Balzer + Bray/Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: GN B HA   Edition: First edition.    Availability:5 of 5     At Location(s) Summary Note: "A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life--perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo. For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes a permanent relocation--following her mother's announcement that she's getting married--Robin is devastated. Overnight, her life changes. She is dropped into a new school where she doesn't understand the language and struggles to keep up. She is completely cut off from her friends in Seoul and has no access to her beloved comics. At home, she doesn't fit in with her new stepfamily, and worst of all, she is furious with the one person she is closest to--her mother. Then one day Robin's mother enrolls her in a local comic drawing class, which opens the window to a future Robin could never have imagined"--Amazon.com.
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      By Meacham, Jon
       2009, c2008., Random House Trade Paperbacks Call No: 921 JACKSON   Edition: Random House trade     Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Details the life of the seventh President of the United States, Andrew Jackson, and focuses on his political actions and choices that shaped the White House and inspired the later presidents--including Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and others.
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      By Meacham, Jon
       [2008]., Random House Call No: HISTORY   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:0 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Details the life of the seventh President of the United States, Andrew Jackson, and focuses on his political actions and choices that shaped the White House and inspired the later presidents--including Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and others.
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      By Saedi, Sara
       2019., Adolescent, Ember Call No: B Saedi   Edition: First Ember edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1990s California, thirteen-year-old Sara Saedi keeps a diary of her life as an Iranian American and her discovery that she and her family entered the country illegally.
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      By Suggs, Christine
       2023., Adolescent, Little, Brown and Co. Call No: GN SUG   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "[Inspired by two real-life trips, in this memoir] sixteen-year-old Christine takes their first solo trip to Mexico to spend a few weeks with their grandparents and tía. At first, Christine struggles to connect with their family they don't yet share a language with. Seeing the places their mom grew up--the school she went to, the cafe where she had her first date with their father--Christine becomes more and more aware of the generational differences in their family"--Provided by publisher.
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      By Suggs, Christine
       2023., Juvenile, Little, Brown and Company Call No: 920   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "In this memoir, Christine Suggs explores a trip they took to Mexico to visit family, as Christine embraces and rebels against their heritage and finds a sense of belonging"--
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      By Manzano, Sonia
       2015., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: B Manzano   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Actress Sonia Manzano, known as "Maria" on the television show "Sesame Street" since the early 1970s, writes about the realities of growing up in an inner-city barrio with a loving yet dysfunctional immigrant family, and pursuing her dream of acting.
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      By Manzano, Sonia
       2015., Juvenile, Scholastic Press Call No: 921 MANZANO   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: A coming-of-age memoir by the Emmy award-winning actress and writer offers a look into the daily lives of a loving, but troubled, Latino family and a girl kept afloat amid the turbulence of her life and times by the dream of becoming an actress.
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      By Manzano, Sonia
       2015., Scholastic Press Call No: MEMOIR   Edition: 1st ed., September     Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "Set in the 1950s in the Bronx, this is the story of a girl with a dream. Emmy award-winning actress and writer Sonia Manzano plunges us into the daily lives of a Latino family that is loving--and troubled"--Jacket flap.
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      By Krug, Nora
       2018., Scribner Call No: B 920 Kru   Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: The author offers a graphic memoir illustrating what she found when she left America as an adult to investigate her family's past in Nazi Germany. Draws on archives, research, and interviews with family members to explore the historical and personal forces that shaped her life across continents and generations.
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      By Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954-  Delacorte Press
       [2018]., Juvenile, Delacorte Press Call No: JNF007050   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "In this adaptation for middle graders based on her bestselling adult memoir, My Beloved World, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor's extraordinary life inspires. Her achievement serves as a true testament to the fact that no matter the obstacles, dreams can come true. Includes an 8-page photo insert. Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States, was a young girl when she dared to dream big. Her dream? To become a lawyer and a judge. As Justice Sotomayor explains, "When I was a child my family was poor and we knew no lawyers or judges and none lived in our neighborhood. I knew nothing about the Supreme Court and how much its work in reinterpreting the Constitution and the laws of the United States affected peoples' lives. You cannot dream of becoming something you don't even know about. That has been the most important lesson of my life. You have to learn to dream big dreams." Sonia did not let the hardships of her background--which included growing up in the rough housing projects of New York City's South Bronx, dealing with juvenile diabetes, coping with parents who argued and fought personal demons, and worrying about money--stand in her way. Always, she believed in herself. Her determination, along with guidance from generous mentors and the unwavering love of her extended Puerto Rican family, propelled her ever forward"--