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Migration
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What my bones know Book Cover
Note. Source: [What my bones know Book Cover, n.d]. Retrieved from GoodReads
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Orphan train Book Cover
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Save me a seat Book Cover
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Esperanza Rising Book Cover
Note.Source:[Orphan train Book Cover, nd.]. Retrieved from GoodReads.
Note. Source:[ Save me a seat Book Cover, n.d]. Retrieved from GoodReads.
Note. Source: [Esperanza Rising Book Cover, nd.]. Retrieved from GoodReads.
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A long walk to water Book Cover
Note. Source:[ A long walk to water Book Cover, n.d]. Retrieved from GoodReads.
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Playing War Book Cover
Note. Source: [Playing War Book Cover, n.d]. Retrieved from GoodReads.
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Come on In Book Cover
Note. Source: [Come on In Book Cover, n.d]. Retrieved from GoodReads.
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Land of Honey Book Cover
Note. Source: [Land of Honey Book Cover, n.d]. Retrieved from GoodReads.
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Land of Honey Book Cover
Note. Source: [Land of Honey Book Cover, n.d]. Retrieved from GoodReads.
"Dissatisfied with the status quo Zimako desired something more, he is determined to find a new life for his family in Canada. Although it will break the hearts of those he would leave behind, he convinces his wife Anuli that it is the only way forward. When they arrive Canada it is not what he hopes. They are forced to forge a new life as challenges come from every direction, forcing their paths to diverge.Their once loving relationship becomes part of the casualty; they must decide what will become of them? Hiding from family and friends back home, Anuli must decide if Ryan, a successful Caucasian Canadian is the one? When Zimako walks out on her, it seems as if her life is over. She picks up the pieces, but Zimako must also decide if the path of debauchery is the way to go" (Oniajulu, 2014).Â
- Ages 14-18
- Nigerian Background
"This exceptional and powerful anthology explores the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration, with stories by bestselling and beloved YA authors who are themselves immigrants and the children of immigrants" (Cordova et al., 2020).
- Ages 13-17
- Talks about Migration
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Come on In Book Cover
Note. Source: [Come on In Book Cover, n.d]. Retrieved from GoodReads.
"Nearly eighteen, Molly Ayer knows she has one last chance. Just months from "aging out" of the child welfare system, and close to being kicked out of her foster home, a community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping her out of juvie and worse.
Vivian Daly has lived a quiet life on the coast of Maine. But in her attic, hidden in trunks, are vestiges of a turbulent past. As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly discovers that she and Vivian aren't as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance.
The closer Molly grows to Vivian, the more she discovers parallels to her own life. A Penobscot Indian, she, too, is an outsider being raised by strangers, and she, too, has unanswered questions about the past. As her emotional barriers begin to crumble, Molly discovers that she has the power to help Vivian find answers to mysteries that have haunted her for her entire life - answers that will ultimately free them both" (Kline, 2013)
-Ages 8-12
- Irish Background
- Penobscot First Nation Background.
- Talks about Migration
"One hot summer day Luke and his friends decide to play their favorite game of war, using sticks for guns and pine cones for bombs and grenades. Sameer, who hasn't lived in their neighborhood for very long, hesitates to join in. When he tells Luke and Jen and Jeff and Danny that he has been in a real war, they don't believe him.
"No way! You haven't told us anything about that! A real war? Did they let kids be soldiers? Did you have an M-16?"
Then, as Sameer explains what happened to his family, the other children start to see their game in a new light" (Beckwith, 2020).
- Ages 7-10
- Talks about War and Migration.
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Playing War Book Cover
Note. Source: [Playing War Book Cover, n.d). Retrieved from GoodReads.
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A long walk to water Book Cover
Note. Source:[A long walk to water Book Cover, n.d]. Retrieved from GoodReads.
"A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2008 and a boy in Sudan in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya’s in an astonishing and moving way" (Park, 2011).
- Ages 10-12
- South Sudan Background
- Activity Idea) Have your client draw a map of Nya's walk from her village to the pond for water.
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Esperanza Rising
Book Cover
Note. Source: [Esperanza Rising Book Cover, n.d.]. Retreieved from GoodReads.
"Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico--she'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard labor, financial struggles, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When their new life is threatened, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances--Mama's life, and her own, depend on it" (Ryan, 2000).
- Ages 8-12
- Mexican Background
- Talks about Financial Problems and Migration.
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Save Me a Seat Book Cover
Note. Source: [Save me a Seat Book Cover, n.d]. Retrieved from GoodReads
"Joe and Ravi might be from very different places, but they're both stuck in the same place: SCHOOL.
Joe's lived in the same town all his life, and was doing just fine until his best friends moved away and left him on his own.
Ravi's family just moved to America from India, and he's finding it pretty hard to figure out where he fits in.
Joe and Ravi don't think they have anything in common -- but soon enough they have a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and a common mission: to take control of their lives over the course of a single crazy week" (Weeks & Varadarajan, 2016).
- Ages 8-12
- Indian Background
- Talk about Bullying, and Migration.
"By age thirty, Stephanie Foo was successful on paper: She had her dream job as an award-winning radio producer at This American Life and a loving boyfriend. But behind her office door, she was having panic attacks and sobbing at her desk every morning. After years of questioning what was wrong with herself, she was diagnosed with complex PTSD--a condition that occurs when trauma happens continuously, over the course of years.
Both of Foo's parents abandoned her when she was a teenager, after years of physical and verbal abuse and neglect. She thought she'd moved on, but her new diagnosis illuminated the way her past continued to threaten her health, relationships, and career. She found limited resources to help her, so Foo set out to heal herself, and to map her experiences onto the scarce literature about C-PTSD" (Foo, 2022).
- Ages 13-18
- Malaysian Background
- Talks about Migration, Parental Abandonment and abuse.
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What my bones know Book Cover
Note. Source: [What my bones know Book Cover, n.d]. Retrieved from GoodReads
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