I wish you knew by Azua Kramer, Jackie 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 530542 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   
Lexile: 610 AD

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Undocumented immigrants - Fiction Children of undocumented immigrants - Fiction Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction Family life - Fiction School stories

Summary: When Estrella's father has to leave because he wasn't born here, like her, she wishes people knew the way it affects her. A story about depression, divided families, and the importance of community in the midst of uncertainty.

Indivisible by Aleman, Daniel 

Paperback(Little, Brown, 2022)

BTSB #: 049991 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 5.2 MG+

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Family life - New York (State) - New York - Fiction Separation - Fiction Noncitizens - Fiction Undocumented immigrants - Fiction Deportation - Fiction Mexican Americans - Fiction

Summary: New York City high school student Mateo dreams of becoming a Broadway star, but his life is transformed after his parents are deported to Mexico.

Leavers : a novel by Ko, Lisa 

Paperback(Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018)

BTSB #: 527587 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
RC: 5.6 9-12 Lexile: 870

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Children of undocumented immigrants - Fiction Mother-son relationship - Fiction Undocumented immigrants - Fiction Deportation - Fiction Self-realization - Fiction

Summary: One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. Set in New York and China, the Leavers is the story of how one boy comes into his own when everything he's loved has been taken away.

Parachute kids by Tang, Betty C. 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic, 2023)

BTSB #: 871933 In Bindery

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 9-12   
AR: 2.5 MG Lexile: 250 HL

Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Taiwanese - Fiction Family life - Fiction Undocumented immigrants - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Separation - Fiction

Summary: After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, ten-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to navigate a new school, a new language, bullies, racism, and the pressures of running a household. In graphic novel format.

Parachute kids by Tang, Betty C. 

Paperback(Scholastic, 2023)

BTSB #: 871934 Temp OS

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 9-12   
AR: 2.5 MG Lexile: 250 HL

Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Taiwanese - Fiction Family life - Fiction Undocumented immigrants - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Separation - Fiction

Summary: After their two-week family tour of Los Angeles, ten-year-old Feng Li Lin and her older brother and sister learn they will remain in California while their parents return to Taiwan, forcing them to navigate a new school, a new language, bullies, racism, and the pressures of running a household. In graphic novel format.

Sanctuary somewhere by Dimmig, Brenna 

Paperback(West 44 Books, an imprint of Enslow Publishing, 2019)

BTSB #: 279678 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 4.1 MG Lexile: 630

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Novels in verse Noncitizens - Fiction Undocumented immigrants - Fiction Latin Americans - United States - Fiction Family life - Fiction

Summary: After he finds out he's undocumented, seventeen-year-old high school student Osmel fears he won't be able to pursue his dream of becoming a meteorologist.

Sky at our feet by Hashimi, Nadia 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2018)

BTSB #: P04086 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Multicultural Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Undocumented immigrants - Fiction Children of undocumented immigrants - Fiction Afghan Americans - Fiction

Summary: A young boy fears that his mother, an illegal immigrant from Afghanistan, has been deported and he runs away to New York City to get help from his aunt only to end up in the hospital where he meets a new friend, Max, a daring girl who helps him escape the hospital to continue his city adventures.

Something in between by De la Cruz, Melissa 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 265884 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 13-17   


Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Large print books Filipinos - Fiction Undocumented immigrants - Fiction High schools - Fiction

Summary: Jasmine de los Santos has studied hard, made her Filipino immigrant parents proud and is ready to reap the rewards in the form of a full college scholarship to the school of her dreams. Then her parents reveal the truth: their visas expired years ago. Her entire family is illegal. That means no scholarships, maybe no college at all and the very real threat of deportation. Large print hardcover format.

Tethered to other stars by Leahy, Elisa Stone 

BTSB Prebound(Quill Tree Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 554794 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Fiction Undocumented immigrants - Fiction Family life - Fiction Science - Exhibitions - Fiction

Summary: Follows tween girl navigating the devastating impact of ICE's looming presence on her family and community.