Immigrant Stories: Fiction

Try these fictional stories of long journeys, culture clashes, resilience, and adaptation

Updated June 5, 2023
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County)Milwaukie Ledding Library
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Little Bee
Cleave, Chris.
Paper Book
The lives of a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan and a well-off British woman collide in this page-turning #1 New York Times bestseller and book club favorite from Chris Cleave. We don't want to tell you too much about this book. It is a truly special story and we don't want to...
Band of sisters
Gohlke, Cathy.
Ebook
Maureen O'Reilly and her younger sister flee Ireland in hope of claiming the life promised to their father over twenty years before. After surviving the rigors of Ellis Island, Maureen learns that their benefactor, Colonel Wakefield, has died. His family, refusing to own his Civil War debt, casts...
World and town : a novel
Jen, Gish.
Ebook
Searching for Sylvie Lee : a novel
Kwok, Jean
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick & Emma Roberts Belletrist Book Club Pick! NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY New York Times * Time * Marie Claire * Elle * Buzzfeed *...
Deep river : a novel
Marlantes, Karl
Ebook
Three Finnish siblings head for the logging fields of nineteenth-century America in the New York Times-bestselling author's "commanding historical epic" (Washington Post).Born into a farm family, the three Koski siblings--Ilmari, Matti, and Aino--are raised to maintain...
LaGuardia : a very modern story of immigration
Okorafor, Nnedi
Ebook
Written by Nnedi Okorafor, Hugo and Nebula award- winning author and the writer of Marvel's Shuri, this volume collects issues #1-#4 of the mini-series and includes artist sketches and afterword from the author. In an alternate world where aliens have integrated with...

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