Immigration Themed Books by Katie https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en en-us 2018-01-16 17:50:19 UTC 2026-01-04 14:46:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Crossing the Wire kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225863258 Victor, a boy from the mountains of central Mexico, endures a journey fraught with danger. He faces freezing cold, the scorching heat of the Arizona desert, hunger, and dead ends. It's a gauntlet run by millions attempting to cross the border. ]]> 2018-01-29 21:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225863258 Inside Out & Back Again kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225867939 Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.]]> 2018-01-29 21:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225867939 la Linea kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225869440 Miguel's life is just beginning. Or so he thinks. Fifteen-year-old Miguel leaves his "rancho" deep in Mexico to migrate to California across "la linea," the border, in a debut novel of life-changing, cliff-hanging moments. But Miguel's carefully laid plans change suddenly when his younger sister Elena stows away and follows him. Together, Miguel and Elena endure hardships and danger on their journey.]]> 2018-01-29 21:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225869440 Drita, My Homegirl kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225869647 Fleeing from war-torn Kosovo, 10-year-old Drita and her family move to America with the dream of living a typical life. But with this hope comes the struggle to fit in and adapt, in a poignant story about the friendships that can overcome a cultural divide. This story deals with the budding friendship between recent Albanian refugee Drita and Maxie, an African American girl who's lost her mom.]]> 2018-01-29 21:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225869647 Honeysuckle House kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225870882 An all-American girl with Chinese ancestors and a new immigrant from China find little in common when they meet in their fourth grade classroom, but they are both missing their best friends and soon discover other connections.]]> 2018-01-29 21:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225870882 The Unforgotten Coat kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225871161 Julie's life becomes more complicated after the two Mongolian brothers in her Year Six class declare her to be their "Good Guide," which means she is responsible for welcoming the brothers to their new home, helping them with school uniforms, and explaining British slang; meanwhile, Julie tries to win the attention of a boy and gain an invitation to Mimi's house.]]> 2018-01-29 21:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225871161 The King of Mulberry Street kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225871269 Dom, a nine-year old stowaway from Naples, Italy, arrives in New York and must learn to survive the perils of street life in the big city.]]> 2018-01-29 21:32:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225871269 A Long Walk to Water kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225871392 When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.]]> 2018-01-29 21:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225871392 Landed kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225871553 Sun is ready to leave his village in China. His father warns
him, though, that passage will not be easy. Because of the 1882
Chinese Exclusion Act, new immigrants like Sun are detained
at Angel Island until they are called to take a difficult oral
exam before they can "land" – leave Angel Island and go
ashore. This story is based on the author's father-in-law's experiences, of
a disturbing chapter in Chinese American history.]]> 2018-01-29 21:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225871553 Shooting Kabul kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225871669 Escaping from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in the summer of 2001, eleven-year-old Fadi and his family immigrate to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Fadi schemes to return to the Pakistani refugee camp where his little sister was accidentally left behind.]]> 2018-01-29 21:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225871669 Lowji Discovers America kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225871778 Lowji's lively experiments with American slang, his affable explorations of his new world, and his willingness to share his own culture with his new friends make for an inspiring and heartwarming story.]]> 2018-01-29 21:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225871778 One Green Apple kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225872001 While on a school field trip to an orchard to make cider, a young Muslim immigrant named Farah gains self-confidence when the green apple she picks perfectly complements the other students' red apples.]]> 2018-01-29 21:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225872001 The Arrival kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225872160 A graphic novel about an immigration experience]]> 2018-01-29 21:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225872160 Outcasts United: The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team that Changed a Town kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225872273 The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and the transformation of a small American town.]]> 2018-01-29 21:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225872273 Esperanza Rising kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225872478 Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.]]> 2018-01-29 21:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225872478 A Step from Heaven kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225872592 A young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in America.]]> 2018-01-29 21:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225872592 Never Forgotten kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225872748 A lyrical story-in-verse that details the experiences of an African boy who was kidnapped and sold into slavery.]]> 2018-01-29 21:37:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225872748 Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225872910 After Ruby Lu's deaf cousin, Flying Duck, and her parents come from China to live with her, Ruby finds life challenging as she adjusts to her new family, tries to mend her rocky relationship with her friend Emma, and faces various adventures in summer school.]]> 2018-01-29 21:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225872910 Home of the Brave kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225873151 Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in his fifth-grade classroom, and longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner.]]> 2018-01-29 21:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225873151 Storyteller's Candle kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225873275 During the early days of the Great Depression, New York City's first Puerto Rican librarian, Pura Belpré, introduces the public library to immigrants living in El Barrio and hosts the neighborhood's first Three Kings' Day fiesta. ]]> 2018-01-29 21:39:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225873275 Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225873403 Eight-year-old Garang, orphaned by a civil war in Sudan, finds the inner strength to help lead other boys as they trek hundreds of miles seeking safety in Ethiopia, and then Kenya, before being offered sanctuary in the United States many years later.]]> 2018-01-29 21:39:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225873403 Refugee kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225873575 Three stories, from three different times, and three different places, told from three different young people. And although Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, surprising connections will tie their stories together in the end.]]> 2018-01-29 21:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/225873575 Escape from Aleppo kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/289434033 Nadia’s family is forced to flee their home in Aleppo, Syria, when the Arab Spring sparks a civil war.]]> 2018-10-05 01:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/289434033 Nowhere Boy kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/289434269 Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do with him. Newly arrived in Brussels, Belgium, Ahmed fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in Aleppo, Syria, only to lose his father on the perilous journey to the shores of Europe. Now Ahmed’s struggling to get by on his own, but with no one left to trust and nowhere to go, he’s starting to lose hope.
Then he meets Max, a thirteen-year-old American boy from Washington, D.C. Lonely and homesick, Max is struggling at his new school and just can’t seem to do anything right. But with one startling discovery, Max and Ahmed’s lives collide and a friendship begins to grow. Together, Max and Ahmed will defy the odds, learning from each other what it means to be brave and how hope can change your destiny.

]]> 2018-10-05 01:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/289434269 The Journey kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364647548 2019-05-30 14:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364647548 Color of Home kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364647645 2019-05-30 14:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364647645 Goyangi Means Cat kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364647806 2019-05-30 14:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364647806 Josephine kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364648011 2019-05-30 14:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364648011 Keeping Quilt kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364648322 2019-05-30 14:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364648322 My Name is Yoon kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364648389 2019-05-30 14:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364648389 My Two Blankets kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364648568 2019-05-30 14:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364648568 Lost and Found Cats kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364648698 2019-05-30 14:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364648698 I'm New Here kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364648828 2019-05-30 14:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364648828 The Name Jar kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364648913 2019-05-30 14:31:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364648913 Angel Child Dragon Child kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364648972 2019-05-30 14:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364648972 My Name is Sangoel kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364649121 2019-05-30 14:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364649121 All the Way to America kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364649298 2019-05-30 14:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364649298 Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364649449 2019-05-30 14:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364649449 Here I Am kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364649520 2019-05-30 14:33:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364649520 My Name is Bilal kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364649737 2019-05-30 14:33:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364649737 We Came to America kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364650141 2019-05-30 14:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/364650141 Front Desk kconnelly3 https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/366202376 2019-06-06 18:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kconnelly3/6yy5qzh0b1en/wish/366202376