Ages 8-12; Gr.3-7; Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, 2021, Winner.
From the prolific author of The Moon Within comes the heart-wrenchingly beautiful story in verse of a young Latinx girl who learns to hold on to hope and love even in the darkest of places: a family detention center for migrants and refugees.

Ages 8-12; National Book award finalist, 2020.
This remarkable graphic novel is about growing up in a refugee camp, as told by a former Somali refugee to the Newbery Honor-winning creator of Roller Girl. Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya.

Lexile measure 930; Ages 8-12; Gr.4-8.
Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian hometown is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the family members who were left behind as she adjusts to a new life with unexpected surprises.

El Cipitío leaves El Salvador, his home country. El Cipitío is a mythical, ten-year old kid who is three feet tall. He wears a big hat and has a small belly. His feet are backwards, he can teleport, and he has eternal life. He sacrifices to do well in school and he eventually runs for mayor and president of the United States.

Lexile measure 820; Ages 8-12. Gr.3-7.
After crossing Mexico into the United States, Jaime Rivera thinks the worst is over. Starting a new school can't be that bad. Except it is, and not just because he can barely speak English.

Ages 10-12; Gr.4-6.
Reema runs to remember the life she left behind in Syria. Caylin runs to find what she's lost. Under the gray Glasgow skies, twelve-year-old refugee Reema is struggling to find her place in a new country, with a new language and without her brother. But she isn't the only one feeling lost. Her Glasgwegian neighbor Caylin is lonely and lashing out. When they discover an injured fox and her cubs hiding on their estate, the girls form a wary friendship.

Lexile measure 730; Ages 8-10; Gr.2-5.
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.

Lexile measure 640; Ages 8-12; Gr.3-6.
In this acclaimed novel from Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly, two sisters from the Philippines, abandoned by their father and living in impoverished circumstances in Louisiana, fight to make their lives better.

Ages 8-12; Gr.3-7; Pura Belpre Author honor book, 2017.
Twelve-year-old Jaime makes the treacherous and life-changing journey from his home in Guatemala to live with his older brother in the United States in this gripping and realistic middle grade novel.

Ages 7-12; Gr.3-7.
Why are young people leaving their country to walk to the United States to seek a new, safe home? Over 100,000 such children have left Central America. This book of poetry helps us to understand why and what it is like to be them.

Lexile measure 700; Ages 8-12
Lailah solves her problem with help from the school librarian and her teacher and in doing so learns that she can make new friends who respect her beliefs.

Ages 12 and up, gr. 7-12.
An original collection of voices, filled with hope and tears, chronicles the history of Ellis Island and the people it served. Indians, settlers, immigrants, inspectors, doctors, nurses, cooks, and social workers all played a big part in that history.

Lexile measure 890; Ages 9-12; Gr.4-7.
In this extraordinary novel in letters, an Indian immigrant girl in New York City and a Kentucky coal miner's son find strength and perspective by sharing their true selves across the miles.

Lexile measure 890; Reading level 5.7; Age 8-13; Gr.3-7; Guided reading V.
After Tyler's father is injured in a tractor accident, his family is forced to hire migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure.

Ages 7-10; Gr.3-8.
Bilingual English/Spanish. Young Jorgito has come to live in the Mission District of San Francisco, but he hasn't forgotten the unique beauty of El Salvador.

Ages 8 and up.
In a heartbreaking parting, a man gives his wife and daughter a last kiss and boards a steamship. He's embarking on the most difficult journey he's leaving home to build a better future for his family.

Lexile measure 630; Reading level 3.5; Ages 9-12; gr.4-7.
In this dramatic memoir of early-twentieth century immigration, author Li Keng Wong shares her family's journey from rural China to a new life in California. In 1933, seven-year-old Li Keng's life changed forever. Her father decided to bring his family from a small village in southern China to California.

Guided Reading Level R; Lexile measure 790; Ages 7-12; Book level 4.9
After leaving his village in southeastern China, twelve-year-old Sun is held at Angel Island, San Francisco, before being released to join his father, a merchant living in the area. Includes historical notes.

Guided Reading Level Q; Lexile measure 670; Ages 7-14; Grade level 3.5
Sudanese Garang is eight when he returns to his village and finds that everything has been destroyed. Soon, Garang meets other boys whose villages have been attacked and they unite, walking hundreds of miles to safety - first in Ethiopia then in Kenya.

Lexile measure 720; Reading level 3.4; Ages 8-12; Gr.3-6; Pura Belpre Award, 2004.
One night, young Amada overhears her parents whisper of moving from Mexico to the other side of the border--to Los Angeles, where greater opportunity awaits. As she and her family make their journey north, Amada records her fears, hopes, and dreams for their lives in the United States in her diary.

Lexile measure AD650; Reading level 4.2; Ages 5-8; Gr.3-5; Guided reading O.
At once deeply personal yet expressing universally held emotions, this tale of one man's love for two countries and his constant desire to be in both places captured readers' attention and hearts. Winner of the 1994 Caldecott Medal, it remains as historically relevant and emotionally engaging as ever.

Guided Reading Level S; Lexile measure 460; Ages 7-11
After the police come, a family is forced to flee their Caribbean island and set sail for America in a small fishing boat.