emigration and immigration

Nine-year-old Kirsten and her family experience many hardships as they travel from Sweden to the Minnesota frontier in 1854.

Follow a girl's perusal of her great-grandfather's collection of matchboxes and small curios that document his poignant immigration journey from Italy to a new country.

Escaping from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in the summer of 2001, eleven-year-old Fadi and his family immigrate to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Fadi schemes to return to the Pakistani refugee camp where his little sister was accidentally left behind.

When his father leads him on a magical trip of discovery through new fallen snow, a young boy who emigrated from his warm island home overcomes fears about living in New York.

Examines citizenship and immigration within a democracy. Includes teacher notes.

"When Jason DeParle moved in with Tita Comodas in the Manila slums thirty years ago, he didn't expect to make a lifelong friend. Nor did he expect to spend decades reporting on her family--husband, children, and siblings--as they came to embody the stunning rise of global migration. In A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves, DeParle paints an intimate portrait of an unforgettable family across three generations, as migration reorders economics, politics, and culture across the world"--Jacket flap.

Evan, the nephew of a conservative southern senator, and Alma, who lives with her large, warm Mexican family, fall in love, but when Immigration and Customs Enforcement begins raids on their town, Alma knows she needs to tell Evan her secrets, but how can she tell her country-club boyfriend that she is an undocumented immigrant?.

When Carlos' older brother, Felix, is tragically killed in Mexico, he flees to the United States to pursue his dream of working as a chef, but when he falls for his boss' daughter at the risk of losing his job, he must reassess what's most important to him.

"Refugees are people who flee their home countries to escape danger. They often face many obstacles when they try to settle in a new country. Many refugees have to wait a long time before they are allowed in the country. Sometimes they are not welcomed. Today, many activists and organizations work to help refugees. Refugees explores the history of this issue and how it has evolved, including how people and laws are addressing it today"--Provided by the publisher.

A collection of essays in which immigrant students from Wellstone International High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, share stories of their family, school, and dreams.