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By Zoboi, Ibi[2017]., Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fabiola Toussaint, a young Haitian immigrant to the United States, must navigate her life, school and relationships, while dealing with her loud cousins after her mother is detained by the United States immigration department.
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By Zoboi, Ibi[2017]., Adolescent, Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: Teen Fiction FIC ZOB Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Project LIT Book Fabiola Toussaint, a young Haitian immigrant to the United States, must navigate her life, school and relationships, while dealing with her loud cousins after her mother is detained by the United States immigration department.
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[2013]., Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A single china cup from a tea set left behind when Jews were forced to leave Russia helps hold a family together through generations of living in America, reminding them of the most important things in life.
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2021., Pre-adolescent, Feiwel and Friends Call No: GN-REALISTIC BOU Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Lilico's life in Japan is going well. She has great friends and is the captain of the school's basketball team. She's happy! Then comes her parents' news: they're moving to America! Before she knows it, Lilico finds herself forced to start all over. And that won't be easy with her closest friends thousands of miles away or a school bully who immediately dislikes her. Luckily, anime-loving Nala and Henry eventually befriend Lilico and with help from them--along with her guardian spirit who looks a lot like her cat, Nico--Lilico just might figure out where she fits in"--Provided by publisher.
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1998., Scholastic, Inc Call No: Historical fiction FIC LASKY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Dear AmericaSummary Note: Twelve year old Zippy, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, keeps a diary account of the first eighteen months of her family's life ont he Lower East Side of New York City in 1903-1904.
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2019., Primary, Abrams Books for Young Readers Call No: Picture NEW Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Brings to life a not too distant history of immigration to Ellis Island. When it's time for nine-year-old Gittel and her mother to leave their homeland behind and go to America for the promise of a new life, a health inspection stops any chance of Gittel's mother joining her daughter on the voyage. Knowing she may never see her mother again, Gittel must find the courage within herself to leave her family behind"--Provided by publisher.
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2002, c2000, Pre-adolescent, Silver Whistle/Harcourt Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st Silver Whistle Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the Russian shtetl where she and her family live, Hannah is given a diary for her tenth birthday, and in it she records the dramatic story of her journey to America.
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-- Hope & tearsc2012., Pre-adolescent, Calkins Creek Call No: Historical fiction FIC SWAIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents fictional stories of immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island, as well as inspectors, doctors, nurses, cooks, social workers, and others who lived and worked there.
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-- Hope & tearsc2012., Pre-adolescent, Calkins Creek Call No: 325 SWAIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents fictional stories of immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island, as well as inspectors, doctors, nurses, cooks, social workers, and others who lived and worked there.
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2003., Juvenile, Scholastic Call No: Historical Gold Fict LASKY Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: My AmericaSummary Note: After her family immigrates to America from Italy in 1903, ten-year-old Sofia is quarantined at the Ellis Island Immigration Station, where she makes a good friend but endures nightmarish conditions. Includes historical notes.
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2020., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: REALISTIC F STO Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: To escape the violent cartel that is after them in Ciudad Juárez, siblings Sara and Emiliano flee across the border, seeking a better life in the United States and hoping to bring their pursuers to justice, only to discover that an even greater danger awaits them.
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2002., Persea Books Call No: Historical fiction FIC BROWN Edition: Rev. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A multicultural anthology of thirty-seven short stories written between 1900 and the early 1990s, telling of how people of African, Asian, Latino, Native American, Jewish, Middle Eastern, and European descent try to reconcile their visions of America with reality.
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2009., Little, Brown Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Nineteen-year-old Nayeli becomes very aware of the lack of men in Tres Camarones after watching the movie "The Magnificent Seven" at a local theater, and comes up with a plan to travel to the U.S.--Illinois specifically--and recruit a group of men to return with her to Mexico to protect and repopulate her remote village.
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[2018]., Primary, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: Easy DIAZ Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Lola was just a baby when her family left the Island, so when she has to draw it for a school assignment, she asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland...and in the process, comes up with a new way of understanding her own heritage"--
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Ã2005 ., Pre-adolescent, Yearling Call No: Historical fiction FIC NAPOLI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Dom, a nine-year old stowaway from Naples, Italy, arrives in New York and must learn to survive the perils of street life in the big city.
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c2005., Pre-adolescent, Wendy Lamb Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1892, Dom, a nine-year old stowaway from Naples, Italy, arrives in New York and must learn to survive the perils of street life in the big city.
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c2005, Pre-adolescent, Wendy Lamb Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1892, Dom, a nine-year old stowaway from Naples, Italy, arrives in New York and must learn to survive the perils of street life in the big city.
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[2019]., Juvenile, Annick Press Call No: GN B Manuelito Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Manuelito's world in Guatamala's Maya highlands falls apart as his high school closes down indefinitely and the streets are filled with gangs, soldiers, and gunshots. Desperate to save their son and give him a new life, Manuelito's parents decide to send him on a dangerous journey through Mexico to the United States to live with his aunt--but of course the journey does not go as planned.
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1990, c1983., Juvenile, Bantam Call No: FIC COH Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Told to make a doll like a pilgrim for the Thanksgiving display at school, Molly's Jewish mother dresses the doll as she herself dressed before leaving Russia to seek religious freedom--much to Molly's embarrassment.
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2005,c1998., Primary, Harper Trophy Call No: LIP FIC COH Edition: Rev. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Told to make a Pilgrim doll for the Thanksgiving display at school, Molly is embarassed when her mother tries to help her out by creating a doll dressed as she herself was dressed before leaving Russia to seek religious freedom. Sneak Peek: As Molly nears her first Thanksgiving in the New World, she doesn't find much to be thankful for. Molly's embarrassed when her mother helps with a Thanksgiving project by making a little doll that looks more like a Russian refugee than a New England Pilgrim. But that tiny modern-day Pilgrim just might help Molly to find a place for herself in America. B W illustrations.