Santiago’s Road Home
Santiago’s Road Home By Alexandra Diaz Published by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books ISBN-13: 9781534446236 Age Range: 8+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…a Dickensian tale of children who become “Dreamers” in search of a new life in the United States.” —School Library Connection Description The coins in Santiago’s hand are meant for the bus fare back to his abusive abuela’s house. Except he refuses to return; he won’t be missed. His future is uncertain until he meets the kind, maternal María Dolores and her young daughter, Alegría,...
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Efren Divided By Ernesto Cisneros Published by HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780062881687 Age Range: 8+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Debut author Cisneros paints a vivid and palpable #ownvoices picture of the lost childhoods as children and parents are separated due to immigration issues.” —Kirkus Reviews Description Efrén Nava’s Amá is his Superwoman—or Soperwoman, named after the delicious Mexican sopes his mother often prepares. Both Amá and Apá work hard all day to provide for the family, making sure Efrén and his younger siblings Max and Mía...
Read MoreWe Are Not from Here
We Are Not from Here By Jenny Torres Sanchez Published by Penguin Young Readers Group ISBN-13: 9781984812261 Age Range: 14+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “This fast-paced novel provides a heartbreakingly brutal look at just some of the dangerous realities faced by many.” —School Library Journal Description Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequeña has her pride. And these three teens have one another. But none of them have illusions about the town they’ve grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Even with the love of family,...
Read MoreThe Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border
The Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border By Juan Pablo Villalobos Published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux ISBN: 9780374305734 Age Range: 12+ Find a copy at Amazon| IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…this essential volume is deserving of more than one read.” —Kirkus Reviews Description Every year, thousands of migrant children and teens cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The journey is treacherous and sometimes deadly, but worth the risk for migrants who are escaping gang violence and poverty in their home countries. And for those...
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Patsy By Nicole Dennis-Benn Published by Liveright Publishing Corporation ISBN-13: 9781631495632 Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…a profound book about sexuality, gender, race, and immigration that speaks to the contemporary moment through the figure of a woman alive with passion and regret.” —Kirkus Reviews Description When Patsy gets her long-coveted visa to America, it comes after years of yearning to leave Pennyfield, the beautiful but impoverished Jamaican town where she was raised. More than anything, Patsy wishes to be reunited with her...
Read MoreThe Far Away Brothers
The Far Away Brothers By Lauren Markham Published by Crown/Archetype ISBN-13: 9781101906200 Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “This is a timely and thought-provoking exploration of a international quagmire.” —Publishers Weekly Description Growing up in rural El Salvador in the wake of the civil war, the United States was a distant fantasy to identical twins Ernesto and Raul Flores—until, at age seventeen, a deadly threat from the region’s brutal gangs forces them to flee the only home they’ve ever known. In this urgent chronicle of contemporary immigration,...
Read MoreMy Family Divided: One Girl’s Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope
My Family Divided: One Girl’s Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope By Diane Guerrero and Erica Moroz Published by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) ISBN: 9781250134868 Age Range: 10+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…Guerrero does not mince words when discussing racism, politics, and family tensions as well as the fear, shame, and emotional turmoil she experienced.” —School Library Journal Description Before landing a spot on the megahit Netflix show Orange is the New Black; before wow-ing audiences as Lina on Jane the Virgin; and before her incredible...
Read MoreEducator’s Guide on Cross-Group Friendship & the Syrian Refugee Crisis
The I’m Your Neighbor team was honored to partner with Louise El Yaafouri of Refugee Classroom on an extensive guide to help you teach and share the acclaimed middle grade novel, Nowhere Boy. While visiting her family in Saida, Lebanon, Louise added ELL and Enrichment Modifications, Teaching Resources on the Syrian War, and more to the extensive classroom and reader discussion guide. Each of these resources are driven by the project’s guiding question, “If a global crisis is a collection of thousands of personal stories, what do we all gain from knowing those stories and...
Read MoreWe Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults
We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults By Susan Kuklin Published by Candlewick Press ISBN-13: 9780763678845 Age Range: 14+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “A chronicle of true stories of nine undocumented young adults who came to the U.S. in search of a better tomorrow, leaving behind violence, political unrest, and poverty.” —Kirkus Reviews Description Meet nine courageous young adults who have lived in the United States with a secret for much of their lives: they are not U.S. citizens. They came from Colombia, Mexico, Ghana,...
Read MoreThe Only Road & El único destino
The Only Road By Alexandra Diaz Published by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books ISBN-13: 9781481457507 (Hardcover) ISBN-13: 9781481457514 (Paperback) Age Range: 10+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat El único destino ISBN-13: 9781481484411 (Hardcover) ISBN-13: 9781481484428 (Paperback) PURA BELPRÉ HONOR BOOK ALA NOTABLE BOOK Description Jaime is sitting on his bed drawing when he hears a scream. Instantly, he knows: Miguel, his cousin and best friend, is dead. Everyone in Jaime’s small town in Guatemala knows someone who has been killed by the Alphas, a powerful...
Read MoreThe Crossroads & La encrucijada
The Crossroads By Alexandra Diaz Published by Simon & Schuster/ Paula Wiseman Books ISBN: 9781534414556 La encrucijada ISBN-13: 9781534414556 (Hardcover) ISBN-13: 9781534429901 (Paperback) Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…paints an insightful, realistic picture of a place that’s filled with opportunity but simultaneously rife with discrimination…” —Booklist Description After crossing Mexico into the United States, Jaime Rivera thinks the worst is over. Starting a new school can’t be that bad. Except it is, and not just because he can...
Read MoreNowhere Boy
Nowhere Boy By Katherine Marsh Published by Roaring Brook Press ISBN: 9781250307576 Age Range: 10+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…well-crafted and suspenseful novel touches on the topics of refugees and immigrant integration, terrorism, Islam, Islamophobia, and the Syrian war with sensitivity and grace.” —Kirkus Reviews Description Nowhere Boy is a timely, poignant tale of family, sacrifice and the friendship between a young Syrian refugee and an American boy living in Brussels. Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do...
Read MoreLa Frontera: El viaje con papá / The Border: My Journey with Papa
La Frontera: El viaje con papá / The Border: My Journey with Papa By Alfredo Alva By Deborah Mills Illustrated by Claudia Navarro Published by Barefoot Books Ages 5+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Must-have for classrooms, libraries, and bilingual collections.” —School Library Journal (Starred Review) Description Based on a true story! Join a young boy and his father on an arduous journey from Mexico to the United States in the 1980s to find a new life. They’ll need all the courage they can muster to safely cross the border — la frontera — and to make a home for...
Read MoreSomething in Between
Something in Between By Melissa De La Cruz Published by Harlequin Age Range: 14+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…a timely and thought- provoking look at the complex reality of being young and undocumented in the United States…” —Publisher’s Weekly Description Jasmine de los Santos has always done what’s expected of her. She’s studied hard, made her Filipino immigrant parents proud and is ready to reap the rewards in the form of a full college scholarship to the school of her dreams. And then everything shatters. Her parents are forced...
Read MoreThe Radius Of Us
The Radius Of Us By Marie Marquardt Published by St. Martin’s Press Age Range: 13+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Tackling the issues of gang violence, immigration, mental health, and cultural bias, this is a compelling story that delivers profound messages through engaging, accessible prose.” —School Library Journal Description Ninety seconds can change a life — not just daily routine, but who you are as a person. Gretchen Asher knows this, because that’s how long a stranger held her body to the ground. When a car sped toward them and Gretchen’s...
Read MoreSomeone Like Me
Someone Like Me By Julissa Arce Published by Little, Brown Books For Young Readers Age Range: 10+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “A beautiful tale of love, perseverance, and survival. Arce gives readers a poignant and heart-wrenching window into the pain and anxiety endured by immigrant families separated by the border in a time when we desperately need it. She’s an inspiration to all Americans.” ―Sara Saedi, author of Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card Description Born in the picturesque town of Taxco, Mexico, Julissa Arce was left behind for...
Read MoreLa Linea
La Linea By Ann Jaramillo Published by Square Fish Age Range: 10+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “A Mexican teen risks everything to emigrate illegally to the U.S. to join his family and find a new life.” —Kirkus Reviews Description Miguel has dreamed of joining his parents in California since the day they left him behind in Mexico six years, eleven months, and twelve days ago. On the morning of his fifteenth birthday, Miguel’s wait is over. Or so he thinks. The trip north to the border—la línea—is fraught with dangers. Thieves. Border guards. And...
Read MoreThe Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition
The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition By Reyna Grande Published by Aladdin Age Range: 10+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…offers a humanizing window into the Mexican American experience.” —School Library Journal Description Award-winning author Reyna Grande shares her compelling experience of crossing borders and cultures in this middle grade adaptation of her “compelling…unvarnished, resonant” (BookPage) memoir, The Distance Between Us. When her parents make the dangerous and illegal trek across the Mexican border in pursuit of the...
Read MoreThe Border
The Border By Steve Schafer Published by Sourcebooks Age Range: 14+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Messy and thrilling, flawed and often brilliant.” —Kirkus Reviews Description A band plays, glasses clink, and four teens sneak into the Mexican desert, the hum of celebration receding behind them. Crack. Crack. Crack. Not fireworks—gunshots. The music stops. And Pato, Arbo, Marcos, and Gladys are powerless as the lives they once knew are taken from them. Then they are seen by the gunmen. They run. Except they have nowhere to go. The narcos responsible for...
Read MoreDisappeared
Disappeared By Francisco X. Stork Published by Scholastic Inc. Age Range: 12+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…sheds light on poverty, corruption, and greed while bringing readers intimately close to the plight of those who illegally cross borders with the hope of a brighter future.” —Publishers Weekly Description Four Months Ago Sara Zapata’s best friend disappeared, kidnapped by the web of criminals who terrorize Juarez. Four Hours Ago Sara received a death threat — and with it, a clue to the place where her friend is locked away....
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