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Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"This powerful and moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea weaves together past and present, tracing the ripple effects of war and immigration on one child in Europe in 1938 and another in the United States in 2019. Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler was six years old when his father disappeared during Kristallnacht--the night their family lost everything. Samuel's mother secured a spot for him on the last Kindertransport...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child, and from an early age, it is clear he is destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother will have to escape from Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they are confronted with an irreversible choice: should they board a container ship bound for America, or Great Britain? Alexander leaves that choice to the toss of a coin. In a...
5) Immigration
Author
Publisher
Thomson Gale
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
224p
Language
English
Description
Current Controversies
Author
Series
Shadow of liberty volume 1
Publisher
Multnomah Publishers
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
338p. 21cm.
Language
English
7) Immigration
Author
Publisher
Stargazer Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
48p
Language
English
Description
A look at the way the world is today.
11) Snow hunters
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
196 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A highly anticipated debut novel from 5 Under 35 National Book Foundation honoree featuring a Korean War refugee who emigrates to Brazil to become a tailor's apprentice and confronts the wreckage of his past"--
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxviii, 356 pages : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
From one of America's most prominent philanthropists, an eye-opening, myth-busting new perspective on the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Howard G. Buffett has seen first-hand the devastating impact of cheap Mexican heroin and other opiate cocktails across America. Fueled by failing border policies and lawlessness in Mexico and Central America, drugs are pouring over the nation's southern border in record quantities, turning Americans into addicts...
13) Hella
Author
Publisher
Daw Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
441 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Hella is a planet where everything is oversized--especially the ambitions of the colonists. The trees are mile-high, the dinosaur herds are huge, and the weather is extreme--so extreme, the colonists have to migrate twice a year to escape the blistering heat of summer and the atmosphere-freezing cold of winter. Kyle is a neuro-atypical young man, emotionally challenged, but with an implant that gives him real-time access to the colony's computer network,...
14) Ellis Island
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 Wonderbook (48 pages) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Physical Desc
620 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Born in 1941, Eileen Tumulty is raised by her Irish immigrant parents in Woodside, Queens, in an apartment where the mood swings between heartbreak and hilarity, depending on whether guests are over and how much alcohol has been consumed. Eileen can't help but dream of a calmer life, in a better neighborhood. When Eileen meets Ed Leary, a scientist whose bearing is nothing like those of the men she grew up with, she thinks she's found the perfect...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
c2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
106 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of Ellis Island, a gateway for many immigrants coming to the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and details the restoration of the landmark and its reopening as a museum.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
x, 148 p. ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
In letters to her cousin, a young Jewish girl chronicles her family's flight from Russia in 1919 and her own experiences when she must be left in Belgium for a while when the others emigrate to America.
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
400 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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...
20) The big umbrella
Author
Publisher
Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First Edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A spacious umbrella welcomes anyone and everyone who needs shelter from the rain.