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3) Ellis Island
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Describes the history of Ellis Island and what immigrants had to go through before they could legally enter the United States.
4) Angel Island
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Describes Angel Island Immigration Station and why it is a symbol of hope and struggle.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
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Description
Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discusses the economic, social, and religious reasons why immigrants, predominantly from northern Europe, and then from eastern and southern Europe, came to the United States. Considers incidents of prejudice experienced by these immigrants as well as contributions made by those of immigrant background.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In today's uncertain world, many families are leaving their home countries and seeking a better life in the United States. Immigrants from India and Southeast Asia explores the stories of two families who left their home countries to find a better life in the United States. Follow their journeys to find out why they left their homelands and understand the challenges they faced in moving to a new country"--
9) Dreamers
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 480L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--
10) Nikola Tesla
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Born during a lightning storm, Nikola was called a child of light by his mother. He felt electricity after stroking his cat and was fascinated! With his brilliant mind, Nikola imagined inventions in his head and brought them to life. After studying electricity, he invented technology that could harness the power of alternating current, which today powers many things in our world. This story of the inventor features a fact and photo section at the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
Nine-year-old Betita and her parents fled Mexico after her uncle was killed by the cartels, and settled in Los Angeles seeking political asylum and safety in what her father calls Aztlan, the land of the cranes; but now they have been swept up by by the government's Immigration Customs Enforcement, her father deported back to Mexico, and Betita and her mother confined in a family detention camp--Betita finds heart in her imagination and the picture...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
An autobiography of a boy who, at the age of three, fled civil war in Ethiopia by walking with his mother and brother to a Sudanese refugee camp, and later moved to Chicago and earned a scholarship to Harvard University. Includes recipes and discussion questions.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A family emigrates to America where they expect to find streets paved with gold, but instead it takes hard work and determination before they find a way to make a living in their new home.
17) Immigrants
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1995
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
92 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
Español
Description
Join a young boy and his father on a daring journey from Mexico to Texas to find a new life. They ll need all the resilience and courage they can muster to safely cross the border - la frontera - and to make a home for themselves in a new land.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1130L
Language
English
Description
An award-winning author examines the history of American immigration--a critical topic in 21st century America--particularly those lesser-known stories of immigrants who were denied entrance into the States or detained for security reasons.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
"When Reyna Grande's father leaves his wife and three children behind in a village in Mexico to make the dangerous trek across the border to the United States, he promises he will soon return from 'El Otro Lado' (The Other Side) with enough money to build them a dream house where they can all live together. His promises become harder to believe as months turn into years. When he summons his wife to join him, Reyna and her siblings are deposited in...
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