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121) For the love of Mike
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Molly Murphy is starting to think the cards are stacked against her. Then two business opportunities pop up. Now if she can only solve both cases without the help of the police captain.
124) Nacer bailando
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 4
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Español
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When Margie's cousin Lupe comes from Mexico to live in California with Margie's family, Lupe must adapt to America, while Margie, who thought it would be fun to have her cousin there, finds that she is embarrassed by her in school and jealous of her at home.
125) Leaving Ireland
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"Hoping for a better future, Gracelin O'Malley sets sail from her beloved Ireland, a journey that takes her to a world far different from anything she's ever known. After surviving the difficult voyage, she joins her brother Sean, already much changed by his exciting life in Manhattan. She takes a job in a saloon, learning firsthand the harsh reality of immigrant life and the horrors of the Irish tenement district." -- Back cover.
126) Illegal
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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A powerfully moving, award-winning graphic novel that explores the current plight of undocumented immigrants from New York Times bestselling author Eoin Colfer and the team behind the Artemis Fowl graphic novels. How can a human being be illegal for simply existing?
Ebo is alone. His brother, Kwame, has disappeared, and Ebo knows it can only be to attempt the hazardous journey to Europe, and a better life—the same journey
...127) Dominicana
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De la finalista del Premio IMPAC Dublin, Angie Cruz, una novela urgente y bellamente contada sobre el matrimonio arreglado de una adolescente dominicana y la inmigración a la ciudad de Nueva York, ambientada en la agitación política de la década de 1960.
Ana Cancion, de quince años, nunca soñó con mudarse a Estados Unidos, como lo hicieron las niñas con las que creció en el campo dominicano. Pero cuando Juan Ruiz le propone y promete llevarla...
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"Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed on 9 November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp. Over the next seven years, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors every day, first in Buchenwald, then in Auschwitz, then on the Nazi death march. He lost family, friends, his country. Because he survived, Eddie made the vow to smile every day. He pays...
131) The matchbox diary
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Follow a girl's perusal of her great-grandfather's collection of matchboxes and small curios that document his poignant immigration journey from Italy to a new country.
132) One hug
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A young boy discovers many different kinds of hugs and ways to show love as family members and friends gather to welcome his immigrant relatives from China.
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"Upon learning that the books with kids who look like her have been banned by her school district, Kanzi descends into fear and helplessness. But her classmates support her, and together--with their teacher's help--they hatch a plan to hold a bake sale and use the proceeds to buy diverse books to donate to libraries. The event is a big success; the entire school participates, and the local TV station covers it in the evening news. Prodded by her classmates...
134) Mustafa
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After leaving his war-torn country with his family, Mustafa visits a park near his new home and finds beautiful flowers, lady bugs, fall leaves, and finally, a friend.
135) Mexikid: En Español
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Pedro Martín ha crecido toda su vida escuchando historias sobre su abuelito, ¡su legendario abuelo que luchaba contra el crimen y quien alguna vez también luchó en la Revolución Mexicana! Pero eso no significa que Pedro esté del todo emocionado con la noticia de que Abuelito vendrá a vivir con su familia. ¡A fin de cuentas, Pedro tiene 8 hermanos y hermanas y la casa está lo suficientemente llena! Aún así, Pedro se sube a la casa rodante...
136) Level up
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Dennis, the son of Chinese immigrants, yearns to play video games like his friends and, upon his strict father's death, becomes obsessed with them but later, realizing how his father sacrificed for him, he chooses a nobler path.
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"Cuando el padre de Reyna Grande deja a su esposa y sus tres hijos atrás en un pueblo de México para hacer el peligroso viaje a través de la frontera a los Estados Unidos, promete que pronto regresará; con el dinero suficiente para construir la casa de sus sueños. Sus promesas se vuelven más difíciles de creer cuando los meses de espera se convierten en años. Cuando se lleva a su esposa para reunirse con él, Reyna y sus hermanos son depositados...
139) From north to south
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When his mother is sent back to Mexico for not having the proper immigration papers, José and his father travel from San Diego, California, to visit her in Tijuana.
140) Lola
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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Español
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"Todos los ninos en la escuela de Lola venian de otra parte. Era una escuela de lugares lejanos. Asi que cuando la maestra de Lola pide a sus alumnos que hagan un dibujo del lugar del que emigraron sus familias, todos los ninos se entusiasman. Todos, menos Lola. Ella no recuerda la Isla: se fue cuando era apenas un beb�e. Pero con la ayuda de su familia y de sus amigos, todos ellos con sus recuerdos--felices, maravillosos, tristes, aterradores--,...
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