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42) The new American
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xi, 271 pages : map ; 22 cm
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English
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"Emilio thinks he is living the American Dream: his parents, who emigrated from Guatemala to California, sacrifice daily to make sure of it. And his life seems relatively normal until he turns sixteen. Like most teenagers, Emilio is determined to get his driver's license -- however, his mother dissuades him from doing so. When Emilio asks why, his parents reveal a shocking secret: he is undocumented. Emilio adjusts to his new normal. Under the Dreamers'...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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A little girl and her favorite dress have extraordinary adventures together, but when the girl emigrates from Greece to the United States they are separated, and the dress travels the world searching for her.
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"When Noor returns to her native Iran for the first time in thirty years, with her very American daughter, Lily, so much about her homeland is different. But Café Leila--the restaurant Noor's family has run for three generations--hasn't changed. A neighborhood café in Tehran is at the center of this powerful and transporting story of love, family, friendship, and homecoming told against the backdrop of Iran's rich, yet tragic, history"--
48) Hao: stories
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190 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"An extraordinary debut collection of short stories by a three-time Pushcart Prize winner following Chinese women in both China and the United States who turn to signs and languages as they cross the alien landscapes of migration and motherhood"--
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29 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Español
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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.
51) Just like home
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31 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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A young girl's first sights and experiences in the United States are sometimes familiar "just like home."
53) Maggie's door
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In the mid-1800s, Nory and her neighbor and friend Sean, set out separately on a dangerous journey from famine-plagued Ireland, hoping to reach a better life in America.
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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Rocio and her family move from Central America to the United States, leaving behind their extended family and many happy memories, but Rocio's Abuela finds a way to send her something special for her birthday.
56) El oído miope
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146 pages ; 24 cm
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Español
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Cristina, una abogada de clase media colombiana pierde su empleo y decide emigrar a Nueva York para buscar trabajo y aprender inglés. Sin embargo, su vida neoyorquina no es lo que esperaba: duerme en un camarote que comparte con un niño de ocho años, no tiene papeles y limpia apartamentos de familias adineradas para sobrevivir.
Cristina, a Colombian middle class lawyer, loses her job and decides to emigrate to New York to find work and learn English....
57) Shooting Kabul
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Escaping from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in the summer of 2001, eleven-year-old Fadi and his family immigrate to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Fadi schemes to return to the Pakistani refugee camp where his little sister was accidentally left behind.
58) Lola
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Español
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When she has to draw a picture of where she immigrated from, Lola asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland.
59) La línea
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When fifteen-year-old Miguel's time finally comes to leave his poor Mexican village, cross the border illegally, and join his parents in California, his younger sister's determination to join him soon imperils them both.
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