Gamers will find a lot to relate to in RPG-obsessed Rafa in this spooky mystery novel about a kid sent to a mysterious ranch in New Mexico after a school prank goes wrong. A great choice for fans of Holes! Race & Ethnicity | Latine
Gamers will find a lot to relate to in RPG-obsessed Rafa in this spooky mystery novel about a kid sent to a mysterious ranch in New Mexico after a school prank goes wrong. A great choice for fans of Holes!
Race & Ethnicity | Latine
Two cousins experience the rise of Cuban communism as one family flees and the other stays behind. While set in the 1960s, themes of family separation under strife are all-too-common for immigrant and refugee families from many regions. A Spanish edition is available as Hasta siempre Cuba, mi isla. Language | Spanish
Two cousins experience the rise of Cuban communism as one family flees and the other stays behind. While set in the 1960s, themes of family separation under strife are all-too-common for immigrant and refugee families from many regions. A Spanish edition is available as Hasta siempre Cuba, mi isla.
Language | Spanish
A Ukrainian Jewish family flees their shtetl as pogroms sweep the Russian Empire and seeks refuge in North Dakota, where 11-year-old Shoshana struggles to fit in with her Christian classmates. Pair this with Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park, and Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich for a multidimensional exploration of the pioneer era. Religion | Jewish
A Ukrainian Jewish family flees their shtetl as pogroms sweep the Russian Empire and seeks refuge in North Dakota, where 11-year-old Shoshana struggles to fit in with her Christian classmates. Pair this with Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park, and Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich for a multidimensional exploration of the pioneer era.
Religion | Jewish
In children's books, it's common for immigrant kids to relocate with their entire families or for the rest of the family to join an immigrant parent. But what about a kid who's left behind with another relative while both parents put down roots in a new place? When her aging grandmother is no longer able to care for her, 10-year-old Lina finally joins her parents and younger sister (who she's never met) in California after 5 years apart and discovers that they've been misleading her about their new life in America. While Lina's situation is unique, Kelly Yang does an amazing job of conveying her feelings of loneliness and jealousy--feelings all kids can relate to. Citizenship Status
In children's books, it's common for immigrant kids to relocate with their entire families or for the rest of the family to join an immigrant parent. But what about a kid who's left behind with another relative while both parents put down roots in a new place? When her aging grandmother is no longer able to care for her, 10-year-old Lina finally joins her parents and younger sister (who she's never met) in California after 5 years apart and discovers that they've been misleading her about their new life in America. While Lina's situation is unique, Kelly Yang does an amazing job of conveying her feelings of loneliness and jealousy--feelings all kids can relate to.
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