Catalog Search Results
Join a community of book lovers!
(Adults)
Wednesdays; June 5, July 3, Aug. 7; 12 p.m. at Roy and Helen Hall Library (Hall)
See Also:
Wednesdays; June 12, July 10, Aug. 14; 7 p.m. at JJGL and Zoom
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Rashin is an Iranian immigrant girl living in New York, excited by her first trip to Coney Island, and fascinated by the differences in the beach customs between her native Iran and her new home--but she misses the saffron flavored ice cream that she used to eat.
42) Light for all
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text tell of travelers who have left their homelands to bring their talents, hopes, and determination to a land where Liberty's light shines for all.
Author
Series
Magical reality of Nadia volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Inspired by the author's real life experiences, this rollicking, charming novel follows sixth grade Egyptian immigrant Nadia as she navigates the ups and downs of friendships, racism, and some magic, too!
44) Islandborn
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"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"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Inheriting First Uncle's home after he dies tragically and unexpectedly, eleven-year-old Meixing and her family immigrate to the New Land, where it will take all of Meixing's resilience and bravery to finally find her place of belonging in this new world.
Author
Series
Amy Wu volume 3
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Amy Wu would love to welcome the new student in her class, but Lin has just come from China and does not speak much English, so with the help of her family Amy tries to work out a way to bridge the language gap.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Dario, a Brazilian boy who speaks little English, has trouble making friends when his mother gets a job at a Cape Cod restaurant, but soon he meets a right whale.
A young boy who has just moved to Cape Cod from Brazil finds an unlikely friend in a right whale who has also just arrived in the area. 32pp., Color Ill.
52) Love, love
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Frances Chin, a 10-year old Chinese-American girl, lives with her immigrant parents and older sister, Clara. At school Frances copes with bullies and the loneliness of not quite fitting in. And at home, her parents are preoccupied with work and worry about Clara, whose hair is inexplicably falling out. But, with the help of her friend Annie, Frances is determined to solve the mystery of Clara's condition.
53) We belong
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Through a bedtime story to her daughters, a woman weaves together her immigration story and Pilipino mythology. Includes glossary, songs, and author's note.
55) Mustafa
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Mustafa and his family traveled a long way to reach their new home. Some nights Mustafa dreams about the country he used to live in, and he wakes up not knowing where he is. Then his mother takes him out to the balcony to see the moon ― the same moon as in their old country. In the park, Mustafa sees ants and caterpillars and bees ― they are the same, too. He encounters a “girl-with-a-cat,” who says something in a language that he can’t...
57) La encrucijada
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
"Jaime y Ángela descubren lo que es vivir como inmigrantes indocumentados en los Estados Unidos en la continuación de El único destino"--
Jaime, twelve, and Angela, fifteen, discover what it means to be living as undocumented immigrants in the United States, while news from home gets increasingly worse.
58) Luz para todos
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text tell of travelers who have left their homelands to bring their talents, hopes, and determination to a land where Liberty's light shines for all.
Author
Series
Petra Luna volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Petra Luna is in America, having escaped the Mexican Revolution and the terror of the Federales. Now that they are safe, Petra and her family can begin again, in this country that promises so much. Still, twelve-year-old Petra knows that her abuelita, little sister, and baby brother depend on her to survive. She leads her family from a smallpox-stricken refugee camp on the Texas border to the buzzing city of San Antonio, where they work hard to build...
60) Wild girl
Author
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Lidie leaves Brazil to join her father and brother on a horse ranch in New York, she has a hard time adjusting to her changed circumstances, as does a new horse that has come to the ranch.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Purchase Suggestion Service. Submit Request