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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
To escape the Irish potato famine of the 1840s, twelve-year-old Annie and her brother emigrate to New York City where they join their older sister as servants, earning money to bring the rest of their family to America, where they discover that both food and hardships abound.
4) Refugee
Author
Language
English
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JEF - Historical Fiction - Juvenile
MCL - Sydney Taylor Award Winners (2007 - Present)
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
MCL - Sydney Taylor Award Winners (2007 - Present)
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Description
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.
Author
Language
English
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month
JEF - Historical Fiction - Juvenile
MCL - National Book Award
NPM - JUV GRL W
JEF - Historical Fiction - Juvenile
MCL - National Book Award
NPM - JUV GRL W
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Description
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.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
JEF - Jewish Heritage (Young Adult)
MCL - Stonewall Book Awards
MCL - Sydney Taylor Award Winners (2007 - Present)
MCL - Stonewall Book Awards
MCL - Sydney Taylor Award Winners (2007 - Present)
Formats
Description
"Uriel the angel and Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) are the only two supernatural creatures in their shtetl (which is so tiny, it doesn't have a name other than Shtetl). The angel and the demon have been studying together for centuries, but pogroms and the search for a new life have drawn all the young people from their village to America. When one of those young emigrants goes missing, Uriel and Little Ash set off to find her, but there are obstacles...
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