immigration and emigration

Presents the story of Syrian refugee Doaa Al Zamel, chronicling her experiences in Syria from 2011 when the civil war began, her path to Egypt and the opposition to refugees she faced there, how she fell in love with a resistance fighter, and ultimately ended up in the frigid waters of the North Sea bound for Sweden, where her quest for survival really began.

Text and illustrations explore the history of Ellis Island, including the process and long journey of entering America as an immigrant in the hopes of establishing a new life.

To help her poverty-stricken family, thirteen-year-old Lupita enters California as an illegal alien and starts to work while constantly on the watch for "la migra.".

Fabiola Toussaint, a young Haitian immigrant to the United States, must navigate her life, school and relationships, while dealing with her loud cousins after her mother is detained by the United States immigration department.

"Tells the story in pictures of a family newly immigrated to the United Sates and the challenges of starting a life in a new place"--Provided by publisher.

Celebrates United States immigration and the country's diverse immigrant heritage.

Addresses the issues of family and illegal immigration through the story of a young boy's dangerous journey from Honduras to the U.S. in search of his mother, who left him and his sibling behind to make a better life for her family.

Explores the experiences and motivations for those making the physical and spiritual journey to Israel.

"Addresses legal, social, political, and cultural issues of immigrant groups on a state-by-state basis and explores immigration trends and issues faced by individual ethnic populations"--Amazon.com.

Presents a first-person fictional account of what it might have been like to go through the process of immigrating to America through Ellis Island in the early 1900s.