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2) Just say yes
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When seventeen-year-old Jimena realizes she is undocumented, she decides the best path forward is to find an American to marry her.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"What happens when the all-American high school student discovers he's undocumented? Rafa's parents didn't want him to grow up feeling different because, as his mom told him: "Dreams should not have borders." Rafa had no idea of his immigration status until he tried to get his driver's license during his junior year of high school. Suddenly, his perfectly curated and slightly racist (race-ish, if you will) American life came undone. While his parents...
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After her mom is taken by ICE, seventeen-year-old Rania's hopes and dreams for the future are immediatly put on hold as she figures out how take care of her younger brother and survive in a country that seems to be closing around them.
Author
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"When Elias and Alice's mother disappears in a nearby forest, the siblings quickly embark on a journey to find her. But nothing can prepare them for what lies ahead--not when they come face-to-face with a crew of aliens who whisk them away to a spaceshipwhere they meet terrifying creatures, dangerous attackers, and a secret that changes all Alice and Elias have ever known about their family"--
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, ten-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to navigate a new school, a new language, bullies, racism, and the pressures of running a household.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Five years ago, Cass barely survived a brutal attack that left her family dead. Now a scuba diving instructor in Thailand, she has spent years trying to build a new, anonymous life for herself as one of the Permanents, a group of expats who have claimed the beautiful Thailand destination as their own. The permanents are charming, they're close-knit, and they don't linger on who they were before the island--they're the perfect group for Cass to finally...
9) Indivisible
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
New York City high school student Mateo dreams of becoming a Broadway star, but his life is transformed after his parents are deported to Mexico.
12) Solito: a memoir
Author
Language
English
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Description
"A young poet tells the unforgettable story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine"--
13) Mosquito
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Set in a south Texas border town, Mosquito is the story of an African-American truck driver's accidental yet growing involvement in "the new underground railroad," a sanctuary movement for Mexican immigrants"--
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
"Learn more about the cute child, Grogu, from Star Wars: The Mandalorian Seasons One and Two, and from Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett. Take a trip through the galaxy and see it through his eyes as Grogu goes on his fantastic journey, while finding out more about his amazing allies, including the Mandalorian, Din Djarin; Luke Skywalker; and Ahsoka Tano"--
Publisher
HarperVia
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen-- A unique collection of 44 groundbreaking essays, poems, and artwork by migrants, refugees and Dreamers-including award-winning writers, artists, and activists-that illuminate what it is like living undocumented today. A unique collection of 44 groundbreaking essays, poems, and artwork by migrants, refugees and Dreamers-including award-winning writers, artists, and activists-that illuminate...
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The Pacific Northwest lies in ruins in the aftermath of the 9.2 Cascadia earthquake. There is a tsunami at the coast, annihilated infrastructure in all the towns and cities, and failed dams in the Oregon river valley where 15-year-old Cielo lives with her mother, a fearful evangelical who's become caught up in a fearsome cult called The Collection of Redeemed Souls. Cielo and her mother, Mexican citizens without U.S. papers, have always had their...
18) Un lugar para mí
Author
Publisher
[Ediciones Kiwi]
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
1® edition.
Language
Español
Description
"Mi padre abre el sobre lentamente y mamá se inclina sobre su hombro. Ambos guardan silencion mientras leen la carta. Espero que my padre se levante de la silla y me abrace, que mi madre grite y empiece a llamar a mis tías para presumir de mí. Pero ninguno de los dos dice nada. En realidad me miran como si acabaran de recibir la peor noticia de su vida en lugar de la mejor. Vale, ¿puede ser que estén tan sorprendidos que se han quedado sin palabras?"--Page...
19) Ocotillo dreams
Author
Publisher
Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Set in Chandler, Arizona, during the city's infamous 1997 migrant sweeps, Ocotillo Dreams delivers a wallop that resonates in today's volatile immigration debate. But this is no run-of-the-mill border-debate tale. In this captivating first novel, author Melinda Palacio skillfully weaves a story of politics, intrigue, love, and trust. Isola, a young woman who inherits her mother's Chandler home, relocates from California only to find that her mother...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Beautiful Country is the real deal. Heartrending, unvarnished, and powerfully courageous, this account of growing up undocumented in America will never leave you."--Gish Jen, author of The Resisters. "Ba Ba told me this and I in turn carried it in my heart: so long as we didn't stake claim to what wasn't ours--the things, our rooms, America, this beautiful country--we would be okay." An incandescent and heartrending memoir about Qian Julie Wang's...
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