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2024.
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English
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"An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery. Susan Lieu has long been searching for answers. About her family's past and about her own future. Refugees from the Vietnam War, Susan's family escaped to California in the 1980s after five failed attempts. Upon arrival, Susan's mother was their savvy, charismatic North Star, setting...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"A novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, following the intersecting lives of the local families fighting to protect their homeland, the West Indian laborers recruited to dig the waterway, and the white Americans who gained profit and glory for themselves"--
It is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built. For Francisco, a local fisherman who resents the foreign powers clamoring...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"In 1845, a fungus began to destroy Ireland's potato crop, triggering a famine that would kill one million Irish men, women, and children--and drive over one million more to flee for America. Ten years later, the United States had been transformed by this stupendous migration, nowhere more than New York: by 1855, roughly a third of all adults living in Manhattan were immigrants who had escaped the hunger in Ireland. These so-called "Famine Irish"...
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Annick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"This YA debut is a searing ode to queer identity, growing up in an immigrant community, and carving a place for yourself in the world with the help of your friends. Jay Wong is spending the last languid days of summer 2010 trying to land a kickflip and begging for something (anything!) to make her senior year different--to finally give her some stories worth telling. When she meets Ash Chan, it seems like she's getting what she asked for. Ash is...
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Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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In 1924 London, when shy academic Lao She meets larger-than-life Judge Dee Ren Jie, these unlikely allies investigate the murders of Chinese immigrants, all stabbed to death with a butterfly sword and must connect the dots to catch a killer before they become victims themselves.
6) Bad hombres
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to the land of opportunity₄ Two undocumented immigrants take on a simple job. They have to dig a hole somewhere in no man's land. When they discover that their two clients turn out to be psychopathic criminals, the immigrants must survive the upcoming night. A much more difficult job than expected.
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Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"From the co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a captivating portrait of contemporary New York City through six speakers of little-known and overlooked languages, diving into the incredible history of the most linguistically diverse place ever to have existed on the planet. Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and-because many have never been recorded-when they're gone, it will be forever. Ross Perlin,...
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English
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"Chul Hyun’s charismatic memoir inspires us to keep pushing toward our goals, even later in life. In relatable anecdotes and heartfelt stories, he encourages everyone to take control of their lives and pursue their passions with purpose and determination. He offers a refreshing perspective on the power of introspection, emboldening others to ask themselves the tough questions and reflect on their growth and persistence. Hyun’s story, from early...
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Quil Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Lily Xiao can't wait to go to Camp Rock Out this summer, where she'll finally be able to shed her "class robot" good girl reputation and start her journey to becoming the next Eddie Vedder! And she can't wait to do it with her best friend and cousin, Vivian, who's just moved from Taiwan to Lily's California hometown. But as the two cousins work their way through seventh grade, Vivian struggles more and more with her schoolwork, which is all taught...
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Inkyard Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Sweeping in scope and timeless in tone, No Place like Home is a middle-grade portal fantasy unlike any other Lan, a teenager who recently came to Canada from Vietnam, spends every day searching for a sense of belonging. Books are the only things that make her feel at ease. But it comes as a shock when a mysterious wind whisks her right into the pages of her latest fantasy read. More shocking still is the fact that she herself summoned this wind!...
13) Las leonas
Publisher
Distrib Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
In the outskirts of Rome, six teams compete in the women's soccer championship, the Las Leonas Trophy. All recent immigrants to Italy the majority from South America the participants work busy lives as caregivers and house cleaners throughout the city. LAS LEONAS follows the daily struggles, dreams, and frustrations of these women; each with their own story of emigration and family history, but united by a shared passion for soccer. Amidst the pressures...
14) Norwegian dream
Publisher
Uncork'd Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Norwegian
Description
In a remote costal area of Norway, a young Polish immigrant, Robert, works at a fish factory to support his mother back home. When Robert meets the bold, uninhibited Ivar, the adopted son of the factory owner, he develops an immediate bond with the boy. Even though Robert is closeted, he begins a romantic relationship with Ivar. When a newly formed union at the factory goes on strike for workers₂ rights and better wages, the boys₂ relationship...
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Dutton
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"From acclaimed Abraham Lincoln historian Harold Holzer, a groundbreaking account of Lincoln's grappling with the politics of immigration against the backdrop of the Civil War. In the three decades before the Civil War, some ten million foreign-born people settled in the United States, forever altering the nation's demographics, culture, and--perhaps most significantly--voting patterns. America's newest residents fueled the national economy, but they...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"A probing work of narrative history that reveals the hidden story of immigrant detention in the United States, deepening urgent national conversations around migration. In 2017, many Americans watched in horror as children were torn from their parents at the US-Mexico border under Trump's "family separation" policy. But as historian Ana Raquel Minian reveals in In the Shadow of Liberty, this was only the latest chapter in a saga tracing back to the...
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Recounting her mother's migration from India and how she came to speak two languages--Malayalam and English--a young girl shows how the gift of multilingualism can transport people across borders and around the world"--Provided by publisher.