A Bank Street Best Children’s Book of 2023 A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2022 A Society of Illustrators Original Art Show Selection In time for the 75th anniversary of the Partition of British India, this picture book is a stirring account of the harrowing journey faced by millions of migrants in the aftermath of the division of India and Pakistan. Azra knows that wherever she goes, her doll Gurya will follow. Even if it’s on a train that will take her far away from the house her f...
The Small Creatures of the Universe (The Small Creatures of the Universe)
by Leita H Saysombath
Following her kind mistress' death during childbirth, Hannah is sold to a tavern owner who beats her until she runs away in search of freedom.
Bullied because of the English father he barely remembers, fourteen-year-old Liam gladly leaves Connemara, Ireland, in 1901 with his uncle and sister, but his problems follow them to Hell's Kitchen in New York City, until he finds a way to leave the past behind.
Ellis Island Christmas (Viking Kestrel picture books)
by Maxinne Rhea Leighton
Having left Poland and braved ocean storms to join her father in America, Krysia arrives at Ellis Island on Christmas Eve.
Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman and Bagram Ibatoulline tell a breathtaking immigration tale with appeal across generations. “Pick whatever you like most. Then I’ll tell you its story.” When a little girl visits her great-grandfather at his curio-filled home, she chooses an unusual object to learn about: an old cigar box. What she finds inside surprises her: a collection of matchboxes making up her great-grandfather’s diary, harboring objects she can hold in her hand, each one evoking a memory...
Siddharth dreams of India where he used to live. He doesn't like this new place - the cold, the grey and the strange food of England. Only his toy elephant Rinki understands. When Rinki gets lost at school, Siddharth feels more lonely than ever. His classmates join him in the search for Rinki and together they go on a great adventure that bonds them as a group.
Mango, Abuela and Me/Mango, Abuela y Yo (Bilingual Set)
by Meg Medina
With humor and sensitivity, a debut novelist explores the coming of age of a girl caught between two cultures as she finds the courage to forge a new destiny. “Miss, will you be my Amiga?” Amiga means "friend" in Spanish, but at the youth center, it meant a lady to take you places. I never asked myself if two people as different as Miss and me could ever really be amigas. When Jacinta Juarez is paired with a rich, famous mentor, she is swept away from the diapers and dishes of her own daily...
Land of Hope (Ellis Island Stories, #1) (Ellis Island S.)
by Joan Lowery Nixon
Rebekah, a fifteen-year-old Jewish immigrant arriving in New York City in 1902, almost abandons her dream of getting an education when she is forced to work in a sweatshop.