Hidden
Hidden By Miriam Halahmy Published by Holiday House ISBN-13: 9780823440269 Age Range: 12+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “A British teen comes face to face with anti-immigrant xenophobia.” —Kirkus Reviews Description For fourteen-year-old Alix, life on Hayling Island off the coast of England seems insulated from problems such as war, terrorism and refugees. But then, one day at the beach, Alix and her friend Samir pull a drowning man out of the incoming tide. Mohammed, an illegal immigrant and student, has been tortured by rebels in Iraq for helping the...
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Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a St. Paul High School Published by Green Card Voices ISBN-13: 9781949523041 Age Range: 12+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Coming from thirteen different countries, these young people share their life journeys in their own words.” Description “Green Card Youth Voices: Immigration Stories from a St. Paul High School” is a collection of thirty personal essays written by immigrant students from LEAP High School in St. Paul, Minnesota. Included with each essay is a link to a first-person video...
Read MoreOne Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together
One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together By Amy Bass Published by Hachette Books Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Bass’s effective portrayal of Lewiston as a microcosm of America’s changing culture should be required reading for coaches, teachers, and those working with diverse populations.” —Publishers Weekly Description When thousands of Somali refugees resettled in Lewiston, Maine, a struggling, overwhelmingly white town, longtime residents grew uneasy. Then the mayor wrote a letter asking Somalis to stop coming,...
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Shooting Kabul By N.H. Senzai Published by Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers “For all of Fadi’s differences from his Fremont, California classmates, he will still seem very familiar to many middle schoolers. The novel allows readers a view of a different culture and provides background for events that still plague us today.”—Steven Kral, VOYA Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N Description In the summer of 2001, twelve year old Fadis parents make the difficult decision to illegally leave Afghanistan and move the family to the United States. When...
Read MoreNow is the Time for Running
Now is the Time for Running By Michael Williams Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers “Williams skillfully draws the plight of these refugee brothers with both suspense and sympathy, and readers cannot help but root for them in their quest to rebuild their broken lives.” –Horn Books Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N Description Just down the road from their families, Deo and his friends play soccer in the dusty fields of Zimbabwe, cheered on by Deo’s older brother, Innocent. It is a day like any other… until the soldiers arrive...
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