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Author
Publisher
Blue Earth Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Discusses the reasons French people left their homeland to come to America, the experiences the immigrants had in the new country, and the contributions this cultural group made to American society. Includes sidebars and activities.
Author
Publisher
StarBerry Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When war threatens their home, Idriss and his mother must flee. He clutches his lucky charm--a single marble--throughout their journey, walking over hazardous terrain, crawling under barbed wire, and sailing on a fragile little boat. Will the marble's luck help them avoid capture and bring them to the safety of a new world? A heartfelt tale exploring the perilous path refugees often walk to find a new home and the hope it takes to get them there."--Publisher's...
404) Saint Omer
Series
Criterion collection volume 1212
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Français
Description
Bringing a documentarian's sense of open-ended inquiry to her first narrative feature, writer-director Alice Diop constructs a morally and emotionally layered courtroom drama unlike any other. When she travels to Saint-Omer, France, to attend the trial of a young Senegalese woman accused of murdering her infant daughter, novelist Rama finds herself shaken to the core by a case that proves to have profound resonances with her own life. Interweaving...
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Describes the experiences of Mexican citizens who immigrate to America legally and illegally. The reader's choices reveal historical and modern details about where they settled, the jobs they found, and the difficulties they faced"--Provided by publisher.
409) Moscow on the Hudson
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Circus saxophonist Vladimir Ivanoff suddenly defects from his touring troupe in that temple of "Western decadence," Bloomingdale's. He wins asylum and moves into the crowded Harlem flat of Black security guard Lionel Witherspoon. Although Vladimir learns that life in America can be cold and even painful, he grows to love what seems to him a strange and wondrous land.
410) Sparrow Jack
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
In 1868, John Bardsley, an immigrant from England, brought one thousand sparrows from his home country back to Philadelphia, where he hoped they would help save the trees from the inch-worms that were destroying them. Based on a true story.
411) Finding Papa
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Follows young Mai and her mother's perilous journey from Vietnam to America to find Papa--who left ahead of them to start a better life for their family"--
412) Blue jasmine
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Seema moves to Iowa City with her parents and younger sister, she leaves friends and family behind in her native India but gradually begins to feel at home in her new country.
413) Small world: a novel
Author
Language
English
Description
"Jonathan Evison's Small World is an epic novel for now. Set against such iconic backdrops as the California gold rush, the development of the transcontinental railroad, and a speeding train of modern-day strangers forced together by fate, it is a grand entertainment that asks big questions. The characters of Small World connect in the most intriguing and meaningful ways, winning, breaking, and winning our hearts again. In exploring the passengers'...
414) Level up
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Dennis, the son of Chinese immigrants, yearns to play video games like his friends and, upon his strict father's death, becomes obsessed with them but later, realizing how his father sacrificed for him, he chooses a nobler path.
415) The great wheel
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Conn leaves Ireland and sails to America, where he helps build the first Ferris wheel for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
416) Growing up Smith
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It's the feel-good, coming-of-age story of Smith, a ten-year-old boy from India growing up in Small Town, America in 1979. As the boy's family tries to straddle the line between embracing the American Dream and preserving their Indian heritage, Smith sneaks out for a taste of Kentucky Fried Chicken, dons a Saturday Night Fever costume, and contends with his parents as they send him to school with a yellow squash instead of a pumpkin to carve for Halloween....
417) The evening hero
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Yungman Kwak is in the twilight of his life. Every day for the last fifty years, he has brushed his teeth, slipped on his shoes, and headed to Horse Breath's General Hospital, where, as an obstetrician, he treats the women and babies of the small rural Minnesota town he chose to call home. This was the life he longed for - the American dream. He immigrated from Korea after the Korean War, forced to leave his family, ancestors, village, and all...
419) Sealed with a Kiss
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
What's a seal to do when she's new to the zoo Make new friends, of course! But when the other animals aren't so friendly, a wise sparrow inspires them to surprise Seal with a special treat. Full of heart and humor from bestselling author Beth Ferry and illustrator Olivier Tallec, this story of friendship and forgiveness will have little ones giggling along.
