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• Ánh's New Word

  a Story About Learning a New Language

  Bui, Hanh

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  A child living in a Vietnamese refugee camp learns their first word in English with a little help from their teacher and grandmother in this heart-warming picture book based on the author's childhood. --

• Powerful Like a Dragon

  Cheng, Christopher

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  Amid the Imperial Japanese invasion of Hong Kong in 1941, a young boy finds strength, resilience, and kindness during his family's escape into the mountains of China.

• El manisero

  Deedy, Carmen Agra

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  Cuban refugee Coqui warmly recalls the friendly peanut salesman from her Havana neighborhood when she encounters a vendor at a baseball game in Atlanta.

• Paloma Flies Away

  Guarda, María J.

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  Paloma's home has changed. The dictator who took over the country has stripped its people of their freedoms, and it's no longer OK to think for yourself. So, like birds, Paloma and her parents fly away in search of a new home, without a chance to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Códice peregrino

  Mansour Manzur, Vivian

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• New

  Mata, Nina, 1981-

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  In the big city, everything feels new. School is new. The people are new. And the glares and stares you get for being different are new. But new can also mean new beginnings.

• The Endless Sea

  Thai, Chi

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  This is the lyrical true tale of the author's refugee journey with her family from Vietnam to the United Kingdom at just three years old, leaving home behind to set out in a tiny boat, first down a muddy river delta and then across the vastness of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Safe Harbor

  Venkatraman, Padma, 1969-

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  Moving from India to the US is difficult for Geetha, but things start to get better when she and a new friend help rescue a stranded seal.

• Yasi and Mina's Pomegranate Tree

  Yahyazadeh, Nikoo

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• Caged

  Yang, Kao Kalia, 1980-

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