Emigration & Immigration
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The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail Volume 36
$37.43 Add to cartIn this gripping and provocative “ethnography of death,” anthropologist and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Jason De Le n sheds light on one of the most pressing political issues of our time–the human cons… [more below]
- Series: California Public Anthropology #36
- Author: de Leon, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 23 2015
- ISBN10: 520282752
- Language: English
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Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration
$35.00 Read moreFrom acclaimed Abraham Lincoln historian Harold Holzer, a groundbreaking account of Lincoln’s grappling with the politics of immigration against the backdrop of the Civil War.
In the three decades bef- Author: Holzer, Harold
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 451489012
- Language: English
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The Cricket War
$19.99 Add to cartA gripping story of a boy’s escape from Communist Vietnam by boat, based on the author’s own experience.
It’s 1980, and 12-year-old Tho Pham lives with his family in South Vietnam. He spends his after
- Author: Pham, Tho
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: 3-Oct-23
- ISBN10: 1525306553
- Language: English
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?De D?nde Eres?: Where Are You From? (Spanish Edition)
$19.99 Add to cartSilver Medalist for Bank Street College of Education’s Best Spanish Language Picture Books of the Year Named one of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2019 Named one of New York Public Library’s Top Ten Los
- Author: Méndez, Yamile Saied
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: 4-Jun-19
- ISBN10: 0062915258
- Language: English
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Uprising
$13.99 Add to cartThe fire at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 young immigrant workers, is one of the worst disasters since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, and the
- Author: Haddix, Margaret Peterson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 18, 2011
- ISBN10: 1416911723
- Language: English
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Tomatoes in My Lunchbox
$18.99 Read moreA moving picture book from a debut author about the first day of school, layered with themes about the immigrant experience and the universal experience of feeling out of place.
A child, newly arrived- Author: Manoli, Costantia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1250763126
- Language: English
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The Words We Share
$18.99 Add to cart“Beautifully written and illustrated. . . . I am so glad this book exists in the world.”–Bao Phi, author of the Caldecott Honor and Zolotow Award-winning A Different Pond
A young girl helps her dad na
- Author: Wong, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 44
- Publish Date: 10-Oct-23
- ISBN10: 1773217976
- Language: English
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We’re Not from Here
$8.99 Add to cartImagine being forced to move to a new planet where YOU are the alien! From the creator of the Tapper Twins, New York Times bestselling author Geoff Rodkey delivers a topical, sci-fi middle-grade novel… [more below]
- Author: Rodkey, Geoff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: 10-Mar-20
- ISBN10: 1524773077
- Language: English
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Frontera
$26.99 Add to cartYALSA 2024 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
2024 Texas Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List
Mateo makes the dangerous journey back home to the United States through the Sonoran Desert with the help of a n
- Author: Anta, Julio
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0063054957
- Language: English
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Mi Papá Es Un AgrÃcola / My Father, the Farm Worker
$19.99 Add to cartBeautifully illustrated with the gifted colors of Mother Earth, introduce little ones to the hardship and tireless days of a farm worker – in English and Spanish!
A 2024 Pura Belpr? Youth Illustration
- Author: Perez Varela, J. Roman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1948066750
- Language: English
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Alterations
$14.99 Add to cartFor fans of Gene Luen Yang’s American Born Chinese and Svetlana Chmakova’s Awkward, this funny yet poignant middle-grade coming-of-age story highlights the struggle of feeling invisible while yearning… [more below]
- Author: Xu, Ray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1454945850
- Language: English
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The Color Collector
$17.99 Add to cartThe Color Collector is a poignant story about newness, friendship, and common ground. When a boy notices the new girl picking up all manner of debris and litter on their walks home from school he want… [more below]
- Author: Solis, Nicholas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1534111050
- Language: English
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Enrique’s Journey: The True Story of a Boy Determined to Reunite with His Mother
$11.99 Add to cartAdapted for young people, this edition of Enrique’s Journey is written by Sonia Nazario and based on the adult book of the same name. It is the true story of Enrique, a teenager from Honduras, who set
- Author: Nazario, Sonia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 01, 1970
- ISBN10: 0385743289
- Language: English
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Farewell Cuba, Mi Isla
$17.99 Read moreTwo starred reviews!
“Perfect for fans of Margarita Engle and impactful historical fiction” (School Library Journal, starred review), this “evocative and transportive” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)- Author: Diaz, Alexandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1534495401
- Language: English
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A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration
$18.99 Add to cartA heartwarming tale of a girl waiting for her beloved Pap? to return when the monarchs fly south to their home in Mexico.
Luc?a loves to watch the monarchs’ migration from her home in Mexico with Pap?- Author: Harmony, Cynthia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0593525760
- Language: English
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Borderless
$19.99 Read moreCaught in the crosshairs of gang violence, a teen girl and her mother set off on a perilous journey from Guatemala City to the US border in this “engrossing” (Kirkus Reviews) young adult novel from th… [more below]
- Author: de Leon, Jennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 166590416X
- Language: English
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Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
$7.99 Add to cart- 2022 Pura Belpr? Honor Book
- NYPL Best Book of 2021
- Texas Bluebonnet Master List Selection
- NPR Best Book of 2021
Based on a true story, the tale of one girl’s perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and
- Series: Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
- Author: Dobbs, Alda P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1728251664
- Language: English
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The Elephant in the Room
$9.99 Add to cart“Sloan captures the importance of compassion and bravery when facing life’s challenges” (Kirkus) in this touching novel by the critically acclaimed author of Counting by 7s.
It’s been almost a year si- Author: Sloan, Holly Goldberg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0735229953
- Language: English
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Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
$18.99 Add to cartTHE NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“This riveting, courageous memoir ought to be mandatory reading for every American.” —Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow
“l cried reading
- Author: Vargas, Jose Antonio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 0062851349
- Language: English
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The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition
$9.99 Add to cartAward-winning author Reyna Grande shares her personal experience of crossing borders and cultures in this middle grade adaptation of her memoir, The Distance Between Us–“an important account of the m
- Author: Grande, Reyna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 05, 2017
- ISBN10: 1481463705
- Language: English
