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Return to Sender
Julia Alvarez
Inspired by her experiences translating for kids of migrant workers in Vermont, Julia Alvarez's RETURN TO SENDER explores the sometimes uneasy relationships between undocumented Mexicans...... read more
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My Ocean
Enrique Perez Diaz
When his grandparents flee Cuba, twelve - year - old Enrique is left to figure out the reasons why he and his family have been left behind, yet when he joins the Pioneers to better...... read more
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A Difficult Boy
M. P. Barker
Set in the 19th century during a time of intense prejudice against the Irish, two boys forced into indentured servitude by circumstances beyond their control find friendship. At nine,...... read more
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The Dragon's Child
Laurence Yep
Standing beside his father, a man he hardly knew, at Angel Island in front of the immigration officials, ten-year-old Gim Lew fears the worst when the time comes for his father to...... read more
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Sad Sam, Glad Sam
L. E. Rainey
Sam Morgan is having a bad day. Things go from bad to worse when the family cat accidentally tears apart her favorite toy. Mommy comes to the rescue! Sam's mother makes a simple brown...... read more
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Uprising
Margaret Peterson Haddix
In 1927, at the urging of twenty - one - year - old Harriet, Mrs. Livingston reluctantly recalls her experiences at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, including miserable working conditions...... read more
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Eclipse
Andrea Cheng
In Cincinnati, Ohio, in the summer of 1952, eight - year - old Peti gives up his room to his Hungarian relatives, including a twelve - year - old cousin who bullies him, and worries...... read more
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Brothers
Yin
Having arrived in San Francisco from China to work in his brother's store, Ming is lonely until an Irish boy befriends him. read more
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