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102013
Letters from Cuba by Behar, Ruth 

BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 2020)

BTSB #: 102013 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.4 MG F&P: X

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Refugees - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Jews - Cuba - Fiction Dressmaking - Fiction Letters - Fiction Cuba - History|y1933-1959 - Fiction


Summary: In 1938, eleven-year-old Esther joins her father in tropical, multicultural Cuba, where they toil together to rescue the rest of their Jewish family from persecution in Poland. Includes notes about the author's grandmother, on whom the story is based.


102025
Letters from Cuba by Behar, Ruth 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 102025 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.4 MG F&P: X

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Refugees - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Jews - Cuba - Fiction Dressmaking - Fiction Letters - Fiction Large print books Cuba - History|y1933-1959 - Fiction


Summary: In 1938, eleven-year-old Esther joins her father in tropical, multicultural Cuba, where they toil together to rescue the rest of their Jewish family from persecution in Poland. Includes notes about the author's grandmother, on whom the story is based. Large print hardcover format.


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214852
Lila and the jack-o-lantern : Halloween comes to America by Churnin, Nancy 

BTSB Prebound(Whitman, 2023)

BTSB #: 214852 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Holidays


Subjects: Halloween - Fiction Jack-o-lanterns - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction


Summary: Before emigrating from Ireland, Lila assures her siblings they will still celebrate Halloween in America, but with no turnips to carve into jack-o-lanterns, Lila must get creative to keep her promise. Includes a recipe for colcannon.


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061516
Love in English by Andreu, Maria E. 

Paperback(HarperCollins, 2022)

BTSB #: 061516 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-16   
AR: 4.3 UG

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Teenagers - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Love - Fiction School stories New Jersey - Fiction


Summary: Feeling blocked after moving from Argentina to New Jersey, a sixteen-year-old poet finds herself torn between a cute American boy in her math class and a Greek student who understands the struggles she is facing in an ESL class.


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102003
Lucky broken girl by Behar, Ruth 

Paperback(Puffin, 2018)

BTSB #: 102003 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.2 MG RC: 4.2 6-8 Lexile: 670 F&P: W

Genres: Multicultural Family Life


Subjects: Fractures - Fiction Family life - New York (State) - New York - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Cuban Americans - Fiction Neighbors - Fiction Queens (New York, N.Y.) - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: In 1960s New York, fifth-grader Ruthie, a Cuban-Jewish immigrant, must rely on books, art, her family, and friends in her multicultural neighborhood when an accident puts her in a body cast.


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378527
Lucy fights the flames : a Triangle Shirtwaist Factory survival story [Girls Survive]by Gilbert, Julie 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2020)

BTSB #: 378527 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.2 MG Lexile: 590

Genres: Historical Fiction


Subjects: Triangle Shirtwaist Company - Fire, 1911 - Fiction Italian Americans - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction New York (N.Y.) - History|y1898-1951 - Fiction


Summary: It is 1911, and fourteen-year-old Lucia (Lucy) Morelli dreams of going to college, but for the present she lives with her large Italian family in a crowded apartment in New York City, and works as a sewing machine operator in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory bringing home money because her father can no longer work. But this is March twenty-fifth, and Lucy will soon be fighting for her life as fire sweeps through the locked down factory trapping the workers inside.


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919413
Luli and the language of tea by Wang, Andrea 

BTSB Prebound(Holiday House, 2022)

BTSB #: 919413 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   
F&P: L

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Immigrants - Fiction Tea - Fiction Sharing - Fiction


Summary: While her parents attend a community ESL class, Luli connects with other immigrant children by sharing a love of tea.


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311498
Luz para todos by Engle, Margarita 

BTSB PreboundSPANISH(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2023)

BTSB #: 311498 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Spanish Language Multicultural


Subjects: Spanish language - Reading materials Immigrants - Fiction Acculturation - Fiction Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction United States - Immigration and emigration - Fiction


Summary: Illustrations and easy-to-read text tell of travelers who have left their homelands to bring their talents, hopes, and determination to a land where Liberty's light shines for all. In Spanish.


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P02684
Madman of Piney Woods by Curtis, Christopher Paul 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2014)

BTSB #: P02684 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   


Genres: Historical Fiction Fantasy Fiction


Subjects: Black people - Canada - Fiction Irish - Canada - Fiction Post-traumatic stress disorder - Fiction Freedmen - Fiction Veterans - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Canada - History|y1867-1914 - Fiction


Summary: Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.


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972715
Maizy Chen's last chance by Yee, Lisa 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2023)

BTSB #: 972715 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.6 MG Lexile: 670

Genres: Family Life Multicultural


Subjects: Grandparents - Fiction Restaurants - Fiction Chinese Americans - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Racism - Fiction Genealogy - Fiction


Summary: Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota; as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself. In large print hardcover format.


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972716
Maizy Chen's last chance by Yee, Lisa 

Paperback(Yearling, 2023)

BTSB #: 972716 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.6 MG Lexile: 670

Genres: Family Life Multicultural


Subjects: Grandparents - Fiction Restaurants - Fiction Chinese Americans - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Racism - Fiction Genealogy - Fiction


Summary: Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota; as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself.


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972731
Maizy Chen's last chance by Yee, Lisa 

BTSB Prebound(Random House, 2022)

BTSB #: 972731 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.6 MG Lexile: 670

Genres: Family Life Multicultural


Subjects: Grandparents - Fiction Restaurants - Fiction Chinese Americans - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Racism - Fiction Genealogy - Fiction


Summary: Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota; as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself.


850374
Maribel's year by Sterling, Michelle 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2023)

BTSB #: 850374 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Family Life Multicultural


Subjects: Filipinos - United States - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Families - Fiction


Summary: Recounts the year a little girl and her mother spend in America while waiting for her father to join them from the Philippines.


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340662
Matchbox diary by Fleischman, Paul 

Paperback(Candlewick Press, 2016)

BTSB #: 340662 Available

Dewey: FAges: 6-10   
AR: 2.8 LG Lexile: 610 AD F&P: S

Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life


Subjects: Collectors and collecting - Fiction Great-grandfathers - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction


Summary: A little girl learns about her great-grandfather's diary and of his journey from Italy to a new country.


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539936
Measuring up by LaMotte, Lily 

Paperback(HarperAlley, 2020)

BTSB #: 539936 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 3 MG Lexile: 360 HL

Subjects: Taiwanese - United States Family life - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Cooking - Fiction Contests - Fiction Graphic novels Seattle (Wash.) - Fiction


Summary: Twelve-year-old Cici has just moved to Seattle from Taiwan, and the only thing she wants more than to fit in is to celebrate Amah's 70th birthday together. Since she can't go to Amah, Cici cooks up a plan to bring Amah to her and surprise her parents-by winning the grand prize in a kids' cooking contest to pay for Amah's ticket. In graphic novel format.


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540028
Measuring up by LaMotte, Lily 

BTSB Prebound(HarperAlley, 2020)

BTSB #: 540028 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 3 MG Lexile: 360 HL

Subjects: Taiwanese - United States Family life - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Cooking - Fiction Contests - Fiction Graphic novels Seattle (Wash.) - Fiction


Summary: Twelve-year-old Cici has just moved to Seattle from Taiwan, and the only thing she wants more than to fit in is to celebrate Amah's 70th birthday together. Since she can't go to Amah, Cici cooks up a plan to bring Amah to her and surprise her parents-by winning the grand prize in a kids' cooking contest to pay for Amah's ticket. In graphic novel format.


102023
Mi buena mala suerte by Behar, Ruth 

PaperbackSPANISH(Vintage Espanol, 2022)

BTSB #: 102023 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   


Genres: Spanish Language Multicultural Family Life


Subjects: Fractures - Fiction Family life - New York (State) - New York - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Cuban Americans - Fiction Neighbors - Fiction Spanish language - Reading materials Queens (New York, N.Y.) - History|y20th century - Fiction


Summary: In 1960s New York, fifth-grader Ruthie, a Cuban-Jewish immigrant, must rely on books, art, her family, and friends in her multicultural neighborhood when an accident puts her in a body cast. In Spanish.


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901747
Mi papa es un agricola = My father, the farmworker by Perez Varela, J. Roman 

BTSB PreboundBILINGUAL(Lil' Libros, 2023)

BTSB #: 901747 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Spanish Bilingual Multicultural


Subjects: Bilingual books - English - Spanish Agricultural laborers - Fiction Mexicans - United States - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction


Summary: Where the fields meet the horizon, our harvesters gather the crops that fill our bellies, from sunrise to sunset. Told from the perspective of a proud son, this heartfelt and beautifully illustrated story illuminates the sacrifice and hardship that one father endures for his family. In Spanish and English.


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117196
Mil mariposas blancas by Betancourt-Perez, Jessica 

BTSB PreboundSPANISH(Charlesbridge, 2023)

BTSB #: 117196 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
Lexile: 430 AD

Genres: Spanish Language Multicultural


Subjects: Immigrants - Fiction First day of school - Fiction Snow - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Language and languages - Fiction Colombians - Fiction Spanish language - Reading materials


Summary: Newly arrived from Colombia, Isabella's first day of school in the United States is cancelled because of snow and when Isabella notices a girl playing outside she makes a new friend, despite the language barrier. In Spanish.


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281891
Other side of the river by Dobbs, Alda P. 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 281891 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Family Life Multicultural


Subjects: Large print books Immigrants - Fiction Family life - Fiction Mexico - History|y1910-1920, Revolution - Fiction Mexican-American Border Region - Fiction


Summary: After her family fled the Mexican Revolution, twelve-year-old Petra summons all her strength and courage as she faces new opportunities and challenges in America. Large print hardcover format.


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