In the new world : a family in two centuries by Holtei, Christa 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2015)

BTSB #: 461248 Available

Dewey: FAges: 6-9   
Lexile: 870 NC

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: German Americans - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Farmers - Fiction Germany - Immigration and emigration - Fiction United States - Immigration and emigration - Fiction

Summary: Follows a fictional German family making their way to the United States in 1850 and then, more than a century later, their descendants reversing the journey to find their roots.

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.

What is the what : the autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng : a novel by Eggers, Dave 

Paperback(Vintage Books, 2007)

BTSB #: 304117 Available

Dewey: FAges: 16-18   
Lexile: 870

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Sudanese - United States - Fiction Refugees - Sudan - Fiction Refugees - United States - Fiction Vulgarity - Fiction Sudan - Immigration and emigration - Fiction United States - Immigration and emigration - Fiction Sudan - History|y1983-2005, Civil War - Fiction

Summary: Based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng who, along with thousands of other children -the so-called Lost Boys-was forced to leave his village in Sudan at the age of seven and trek hundreds of miles by foot, pursued by militias, government bombers, and wild animals, crossing the deserts of three countries to find freedom. When he finally is resettled in the United States, he finds a life full of promise, but also heartache and myriad new challenges.

When the angels left the old country by Lamb, Sacha 

BTSB Prebound(Levine Querido, 2022)

BTSB #: 538325 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 6.8 UG

Genres: Supernatural

Subjects: Angels - Fiction Demonology - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Missing persons - Fiction Jews - United States - Fiction United States - Immigration and emigration - Fiction

Summary: Uriel the angel and Little Ash the demon are the only two supernatural creatures in their small town. The search for a new life has drawn all the young people from their village to America. When one of those young people, Essie, goes missing, Uriel and Little Ash set off to find her. Along the way the angel and demon encounter humans in need of their help. But there are obstacles ahead of them as difficult as what they've left behind.