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Author
Series
The Red River of the north volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
She had promised herself that once they left the fjords of Norway, she would never look back.
The promise of free land lures Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund from their beloved home high above the fjords of Norway, and after three long years of scrimping and saving to buy tickets for their passage to America, they finally arrive at the docks of New York City. This new land promises a rich heritage for their children, and here they hope to build a good...
2) The jungle
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
The horrifying conditions in the meatpacking industry in the early 1900's are revealed through the experiences of immigrants as they try to make a living by working in the Chicago stockyards.
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
325 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Vivi, a college student attempting to complete an internship, TJ, a nursing student, and �Angel, a patient with heart disease, all find their lives intersecting at a university hospital during one summer that could change their lives forever.
4) All my rage
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Clouds' Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Juniper, California. Now. Salahudin and Noor are more than best friends; they are family. Growing up as outcasts in the small desert town of Juniper, California, they understand each other the way no one...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Two teens--Daniel, the son of Korean shopkeepers, and Natasha, whose family is here illegally from Jamaica--cross paths in New York City on an eventful day in their lives--Daniel is on his way to an interview with a Yale alum, Natasha is meeting with a lawyer to try and prevent her family's deportation to Jamaica--and fall in love"--