Lexile measure HL690L; ages 14 and up; Gr.9 and up.
In this stunning debut novel, Pushcart-nominated author Ibi Zoboi draws on her own experience as a young Haitian immigrant, infusing this lyrical exploration of America with magical realism and vodou culture.

Lexile measure HL720L; Ages 12 and up; Gr.9 and up.
This elegant young adult novel captures the immigrant experience for one Indian-American family with humor and heart. Told in alternating teen voices across three generations, You Bring the Distant Near explores sisterhood, first loves, friendship, and the inheritance of culture--for better or worse.

Lexile measure HL590L; Gr.10 and up; William C. Morris award finalist, 2017.
Rani Patel, almost seventeen and living on remote Moloka'i island, is oppressed by the cultural norms of her Gujarati immigrant parents. But when Mark, an older man, draws her into new experiences, red flags abound.

Ages in 11-17.
Wars, terrorism and natural disasters trigger massive migratory movements. Hundreds of thousands of people are forced to flee their countries in search of a better life and, unfortunately, this still occurs today. How do children see this phenomenon? What do they know about it? What do they think?

Lexile measure 750; Reading level 4.7; Ages 12 and up; Gr.8 and up; USBBY Outstanding International Books, 2015.
For Poni, life in her small village in southern Sudan is simple and complicated at the same time. Stay in school. Beat up any boy who tries to show attention. Watch out for the dangers in the river. But then the war comes.

Lexile measure 650; Reading level 3.7; Gr.8-12.
Just down the road from their families, Deo and his friends play soccer in the dusty fields of Zimbabwe, cheered on by Deo's older brother, Innocent. It is a day like any other . . . until the soldiers arrive and Deo and Innocent are forced to run for their lives, fleeing the wreckage of their village for the distant promise of safe haven.

Gr.9 and up; Lexile measure HL690L; Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature, Honor, 2010.
n 1986, when seventeen-year-old Daniel's father arrives in Madison, Wisconsin, after five years of torture as a political prisoner in Chile, Daniel and his eighteen-year-old "gringa" girlfriend, Courtney, use different methods to help this bitter, self-destructive stranger who yearns to return home and continue his work.

Lexile measure 800; Reading level 3.5; Gr.9-12.
Sixteen-year-old Sophie has been frail and delicate since her premature birth, but discovers her true strength during a journey through Mexico, where the six-year-old orphan her family hopes to adopt was born, and to Guatemala, where her would-be boyfriend hopes to find his mother and plans to remain.

Ages 12 and up; Gr.8 and up; Michael L. Printz Award Winner, 2002.
When she is five, Young Ju Park and her family move from Korea to California. During the flight, they climb so far into the sky she concludes they are on their way to heaven -- that Heaven is in America! Life in America, however, is far more difficult than the Parks dreamed.