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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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2005., A & E Television Networks Call No: DVD 973.9 ELL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: American history.Summary Note: A documentary on the nation's largest 20th-century immigration portal. The program captures the doors through which so many traveled on their way to help build a modern America.
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[2019]., Adolescent, Zest Books Call No: GN AME Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "An illustrated comic travelogue about an American immigrant driving alone through all that's left of 'The Mother Road,' Route 66"--Provided by publisher.
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[2019]., Zest Books Call No: GN KHO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "An illustrated comic travelogue about an American immigrant driving alone through all that's left of 'The Mother Road,' Route 66"--Provided by the publisher.
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2012., Farrar, Straus & Giroux Call No: Biography NF MAR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Rating:
(1 Ratings) Summary Note: Follows the journey of fifteen-year-old Oksana Marafioti as she tries to find her place in the United States after living as a Gypsy in Russia, and has to overcome certain barriers in order to feel like she belongs in her new home.
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[2023]., Primary, Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Baba enchants his six daughters with his stories, transporting them to his childhood in Iran as they play on the flowering vines of the Persian carpet in California. He tells the story of a determined young man who comes to the United States, the challenges of leaving his Persian family, and the unfolding of his new American life"--Provided by the publisher.
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[2023]., Primary, Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books Call No: E AMI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Baba enchants his six daughters with his stories, transporting them to his childhood in Iran as they play on the flowering vines of the Persian carpet in California. He tells the story of a determined young man who comes to the United States, the challenges of leaving his Persian family, and the unfolding of his new American life"--Provided by the publisher.
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-- Rosy :[2020]., HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: MEMOIR NF PAB Edition: First edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "From a mother whose children were taken from her at the U.S. border by the American government in 2018 and another mother who helped reunite the family, a ... story about the immigration odyssey, family separation and reunification, and the power of individuals to band together to overcome even the most cruel and unjust circumstances"--
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[2013]., Juvenile, Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: E MAR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An illustrated account of immigrant Clara Lemlich's pivotal role in the influential 1909 women laborer's strike describes how she worked grueling hours to acquire an education and support her family before organizing a massive walkout to protest the unfair working conditions in New York's garment district.
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[2018]., Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Call No: GOV'T & POLITICS Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The movement of people--what Americans call 'immigration' and the rest of the world calls 'migration'--is among the defining issues of our time. Technology and information crosses countries and continents at blistering speed. Corporations thrive on being multinational and polyglot. Yet the world's estimated 244 million total migrant population, particularly those deemed 'illegal' by countries and societies, are locked in a chaotic and circular debate about borders and documents, assimilation and identity. An issue about movement seems immovable: politically, culturally and personally"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Notes of an undocumented citizen.2019., Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Call No: HI-INT B VAR Edition: First Dey Street paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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2020., Juvenile, Harper Call No: B Vargas Edition: Young readers' edition, first paperback edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Jose Antonio Vargas describes his life as an undocumented immigrant from the Philippines, discussing how he arrived in the United States, how he became a journalist, his decision to "come out" about his illegal status, and the impact that it's had on his life.
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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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[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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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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[2018], Primary, Neal Porter Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--Provided by publisher.
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[2018]., Juvenile, Neal Porter Books Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--
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[2018]., Juvenile, Neal Porter Books Call No: B MOR Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story.
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[2018]., Primary, Neal Porter Books Call No: Picture Book NF MOR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--Provided by publisher.
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[2018], Primary, Neal Porter Books Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--Provided by publisher.
