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8) Habibi
Author
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Description
When fourteen-year-old Liyanne Abboud, her younger brother, and her parents move from St. Louis to a new home between Jerusalem and the Palestinian village where her father was born, they face many changes and must deal with the tensions between Jews and Palestinians.
Author
Series
Turtle of Oman volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Eight-year-old Aref is excited to reunite with his father in Ann Arbor, Michigan where he will start a new school, and while Aref misses his grandfather, his Sidi, he knows that his home in Oman will always be waiting for him.
12) Land of dreams
Author
Series
Ellis Island trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In 1902 sixteen-year-old Kristin travels with her family from Sweden to a new life in Minnesota, where she finds herself frustrated by the restrictions placed on what girls of her age are expected or allowed to do.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Set across the U.S. and abroad, Meron Hadero’s stories feature immigrants, refugees, and those on the brink of dispossession, all struggling to begin again, all fighting to belong. Moving through diverse geographies and styles, this captivating collection follows characters on the journey toward home, which they dream of, create and redefine, lose and find and make their own. Beyond migration, these stories examine themes of race, gender, class,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Writing in the diary which her father gave her, thirteen-year-old Yara describes life with her family in Havana, Cuba, in 1967 as well as her experiences in Miami, Florida, after immigrating there to be reunited with some relatives while leaving others behind.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When two Mongolian brothers inexplicably appear one morning in her sixth grade class, Julie, who lives in a town near Liverpool, England, named Bootle, becomes their new friend and "Good Guide," navigating them through soccer, school uniforms, and British slang.