emigration and immigration

A recent immigrant from Ireland to San Francisco in 1880, Shannon is ready to start school, but is dismayed that her Chinese friend is forbidden by law to attend and that many of her classmates are prejudiced against the Irish as well.

Windisch, a miller in a Romanian village under the rule of dictator Ceausescu, desperate to get a passport to migrate to West Germany, sends his daughter to persuade village officials after his attempts to bribe the mayor fail.

Told to make a Pilgrim doll for the Thanksgiving display at school, Molly is embarrassed when her mother tries to help her out by creating a doll dressed as she herself was dressed before leaving Russia to seek religious freedom.

Collects ten essays that address issues associated with emigration, discussing its effects on Mexican culture and infrastructure, the Mexican government's dependence on remittance, links between European emigration and Europe's welfare system, Christian emigration from Lebanon, brain drain, and other related topics.

Driven from their impoverished Irish village, fifteen-year-old Maura and her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait for a ship to America.

A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and immigrates to New York City, where she works for three years sewing lace and earning money to bring Grandmother to the United States, too.

Grandma tells about her mama's journey to America by boat, years ago.

A collection of stories about young Latino's immigrant experiences in the United States.

In this wordless graphic novel, a man leaves his homeland and sets off for a new country, where he must build a new life for himself and his family.