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c2005., Primary, Abdo Pub. Co. Call No: 323.6 0973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Government in action!
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1997., Facts on File, Inc. Call No: AMERICAN HISTORY NF COA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents firsthand accounts by the last surviving immigrants and others who came through Ellis Island, describing in detail the life they left behind in Europe, why they emigrated, what they endured and what became of them after their arrival.
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1997., Facts on File Call No: 325.73 COA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island processed 12 million immigrants. Produced in cooperation with the Ellis Island Research Foundation, "Ellis Island Interviews" collects the oral histories of more than 130 men and women from all socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. The stories of these last original surviving immigrants are enhanced by more than 60 photographs, many never before published.
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2018., Adolescent, Abrams Image Call No: HI-INT 323.6 HID Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The current political climate has left many of us wondering how our government actually operates. Sure, we learned about it in school, but if put to the test, how many of us can correctly explain the branches of government? The history of politics? The differences and connections between local government and federal government? Enter How to Be an American. While author and illustrator Silvia Hidalgo was studying for her citizenship test, she quickly found that the materials provided by the government were lacking. In order to more easily absorb the information, Hidalgo started her own illustrated reference to civics facts and American history essentials. She's collected her findings in How to Be an American, a freshly designed and illustrated two-color guide to all things America.
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By Lo, Malinda2021., Adolescent, Dutton Books Call No: Romance Fic Lo Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu is living in Chinatown, in 1950s era San Francisco when she meets and befriends her first white friend, Kathleen Miller through a mutual interest in aerospace. When the pair express their desire to see a performer at a well-known lesbian bar, they sneak out and it's there that they explore their sexuality and begin a relationship with each other in secret. However, with Lily's conservative Chinese family at her heels and McCarthyism threatening her family, Lily will need to make tough choices about her relationship with Kathy and who she wants to be.
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c1995., Morrow Junior Books Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Two-hundred nineteen people from thirty-two different countries make their way to downtown New York in a snowstorm to be sworn in as citizens of the United States.