Distance between us : a memoir by Grande, Reyna 

Paperback(Washington Square Press, 2012)

BTSB #: 392526 Available

Dewey: 973/AAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.4 UG RC: 4.7 6-8 Lexile: 890

Genres:

Subjects: Grande, Reyna - Childhood and youth Mexican Americans - Biography Immigrants - United States - Biography Abused children - United States - Biography Mexican Americans - California - Los Angeles - Biography Mexican American women authors - Biography Mexico - Immigration and emigration - Social aspects United States - Immigration and emigration - Social aspects Los Angeles (Calif.) - Biography

Summary: At the age of 8, Reyna Grande made the dangerous and illegal trek across the border from Mexico to the United States, and discovered that the American Dream is much more complicated than it seemed.

Rock in my throat by Yang, Kao Kalia 

BTSB Prebound(Carolrhoda, 2024)

BTSB #: 971346 Available

Dewey: 973/BAges: 5-9   
F&P: P

Genres:

Subjects: Yang, Kao Kalia,|d1980- Hmong Americans - Biography Selective mutism Immigrants - United States - Biography Refugees - Thailand - Biography

Summary: In this moving true story, Kao Kalia Yang shares her experiences as a Hmong refugee child navigating life at home and school in America while carrying the weight of her selective mutism.

Where butterflies fill the sky : a story of immigration, family, and finding home by Marwan, Zahra 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2022)

BTSB #: 608912 Available

Dewey: 305.89/AAges: 4-8   


Genres:

Subjects: Marwan, Zahra,|d1989- Kuwaiti Americans Immigrants - United States - Biography United States - Immigration and emigration

Summary: An evocative picture book that tells the true story of the author's immigration from Kuwait to the United States.