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The Immigrant Experience: Coming to North America

Tattered Sails

Tattered Sails
Verla Kay
Dan Andreasen
Picture book
Ages 3 to 5
Penguin, 2001, 0-399-23345-8

Sarah Also Known as Hannah

Sarah, also known as Hannah
Lillian Hammer Ross
Illustrated by Helen Cogancherry
Fiction
Ages 8 to 12
Albert Whitman, 1994, 0-8075-7237-3
 

Bread and Roses

Bread and Roses, too
Katherine Paterson
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Clarion, 2006, 0-618-65479-8
 

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The Journey of the Mayflower

Ellis Island: The Immigrant Experience

Streets of Gold

Streets of Gold

Maria Raphael

Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Persea Books, 2000, 0892552565

 

Uprising

Uprising

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Historical Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Simon and Schuster, 2007, 978-1-4169-1171-5

 

Voyage

Voyage

Adele Geras

Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Harcourt, 2007, 978-0-15-206100-5

 

At Home in a new land

At Home in a New Land

Joan Sandin

Fiction

Ages 5 to 8

HarperCollins, 2007, 978-0-06-058077-3

 

Landed

Landed

Milly Lee

Pictures by Yangsook Choi

Non-Fiction Picture Book

Ages 7 to 10

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006, 0-374-34314-4

 

Nothing Here but Stones

Nothing Here by Stones

Nancy Oswald

Fiction

Ages 9 to 12

Henry Holt, 2004, 0-8050-7565-1

  

Maggie's Amerikay

Maggie’s Amerikay

Barbara Timberlake Russell

Pictures by Jim Burke

Picture Book

Ages 7 to 10

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006, 0-374-34722-0

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We the people Angel Island

We the People: Angel Island

Alice K. Flanagan

Non-fiction (Series)

Ages 8 to 10

Compass Point Books, 2006, 0-7565-1261-1

  

Promise Song

Promise Song

Linda Holeman

Fiction

Ages 12 and up

Tundra Books, 1997, 978-0-88776-387-8

 

Pasta, Fried Rice and Matzo Balls

Pasta, Fried Rice, and Matzo Balls: Immigrant Cooking in America

Loretta Frances Ichord

Illustrated by Jan Davey Ellis

Non-Fiction

Ages 8 to 12

Millbrook, 2006, 0-7613-2913-7

  

Immigrant Kids Russell

Immigrant Kids

Russell Freedman

Non-Fiction

Ages 8 to 11

Penguin, 1980, 0-14-037594-5

 

Journey to America

Journey to America Saga: Journey to America

Sonia Levitin

Fiction (Series)

Ages 9 to 12

Simon and Schuster, 1987, 0-689-71130-1

 

Junk Man's Daughter

Junk Man’s Daughter

Sonia Levitin

Illustrations by Guy Porfirio

Picture Book (Series)

Ages 6 to 9

Sleeping Bear Press, 2007, 1-58536-315-4

  

Naming Liberty

Naming Liberty

Jane Yolen

Paintings by Jim Burke

Picture Book

Ages 6 to 9

Penguin, 2008, 978-0-399-24250-2

 

A House of Tailors

A House of Tailors
Patricia Reilly Giff
Fiction
Ages 10 and up
Wendy Lamb Books, 2004, 0-385-73066-7
 

A Bride for Anna's Papa

A Bride for Anna's Papa: A novel of Finnish immigration
Isabel R. Marvin
Illustrations by Kay Sather
Fiction
Ages 8 to 12
Milkweed, 1994, 1-57131-650-7
 

Good Fortune

Good Fortune: My Journey to Gold Mountain
Li Keng Wong
Non-Fiction
Ages 8 to 12
Peachtree, 2006, 1-56145-367-6
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One green apple

One Green Apple
Eve Bunting
Illustrated by Ted Lewin
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 8
Clarion, 2006, 0-618-43477-1
 

Rebakkah's Journey

Rebekkah’s Journey: A World War II Refugee Story
Ann E. Burg
Illustrated by Joel Iskowitz
Historical Fiction Picture Book (Series)
Ages 8 to 12
Sleeping Bear Press, 2006, 1-58536-275-1
 

Grandfather's Journey

Grandfather’s Journey

Allen Say

Picture Book

Ages 6 and up

Houghton Mifflin, 1993, 978-0-547-07680-5

 

 

 

 

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