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Summary: Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: Josef is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world. Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America. Mahmoud is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GRALại, Thanhhà
Summary: Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
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Summary: A cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world, but is then tested beyond her wildest imagination Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she's blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks: and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: Josef is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world. Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America. Mahmoud is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC GRANye, Naomi Shihab.
Summary: When Aref, a third-grader who lives in Muscat, Oman, refuses to pack his suitcase and prepare to move to Michigan, his mother asks for help from his grandfather, his Siddi, who takes Aref around the country, storing up memories he can carry with him to anew home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harpercollins Childrens Books 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NYEBates, Amy June
Summary: A spacious umbrella welcomes anyone and everyone who needs shelter from the rain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BATCopies Available at Peninsula
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Summary: Abandoned by their father and living in poverty with their heartless stepmother in Louisiana, two sisters from the Philippines, twelve-year-old Sol and six-year-old Ming, learn the true meaning of family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: JFIC KELSepahban, Lois.
Summary: Near the start of World War II, young Manami, her parents, and Grandfather are evacuated from their home and sent to Manzanar, an ugly, dreary internment camp in the desert for Japanese-American citizens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SEPGratz, Alan
Summary: "Josef es un chico judío que vive en la Alemania nazi, Isabel es una chica cubana que se ve obligada a huir de su país después de las revueltas en contra del gobierno de Castro, en 1994, y Mahmoud es un muchacho que padece la guerra de Siria en 2015. Tres jóvenes distintos y una misión en común: huir de su país."--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Editorial Santillana 2018
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1 available in Young Adult World, Call number: YA WORLD SPANISH FIC GRAMills, Deborah
Summary: Alfredo y su papá deben cruzar la frontera en un viaje difícil de México a los Estados Unidos. ¿Encontrarán el nuevo hogar que están buscando en el otro lado? Basándose en hechos reales, esta historia cobra vida gracias a la ilustradora Mexicana Claudia Navarro, y está repleta de notas al final del texto para iniciar conversaciones sobre inmigración.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 325 MILGaiman, Neil
Summary: During the coldest season, when the world feels scary -- what do you remember about being warm? Baked potatoes. Trust. A kettle on the stove. Blankets. A smile. And, most of all, the reassurance that you belong. In his powerful and moving poem, featuring illustrations from thirteen extraordinary artists, bestselling author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Neil Gaiman draws together many different...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GAIWhitehill, Miry
Summary: Demonstrates the importance of welcoming people from all over the world into the community with love, compassion, and acceptance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Explore 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WHIGirmay, Aracelis
Summary: Zuzu draws on memories, dance, and song to help her, and her grandson Kamau, make a new life for themselves on the moon while still finding a way to communicate with relatives back on Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GIRMeza, Erika
Summary: "A girl reframes the dangerous border crossing between Mexico and the United States as a game to help her brother through the journey"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MEZColato Lainez, Rene
Summary: Young René's mother has sent him a new pair of shoes from the United States. He loves his new shoes. "They walk everywhere I walk. They jump every time I jump. They run as fast as me. We always cross the finish line at the same time." René-with his new shoes-and his father set off on the long journey to meet his mother in the United States. He says goodbye to his friends in El Salvador, and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: An Italian boy loses his family after arriving at Ellis Island in the early 20th century. While searching for a clue as to where his family has gone, he gets caught up with a gang of boys who steal to stay alive. When unexpected betrayal leaves him scrambling, it will take all the street smarts he's gained to find a way back to his family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: En el primer libro infantil que describe el capítulo olvidado de la historia de los Estados Unidos conocido como la Repatriación Mexicana, un niño y su familia dejan su amado hogar para evitar ser separados por el gobierno. Ante la perspectiva de ser separados, un niño y su familia toman la difícil decisión de dejar su hogar y emprender un viaje lleno de incertidumbre. En el camino, se...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book Press, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2022