Seattle Picks: Teen - New Americans
Annotation:When her family’s expired visas are discovered after 9/11, Nadira lives in fear of deportation back to Bangladesh while fighting for her father’s freedom.
Annotation:Jaya, Lola and Maria find friendship in each other as their immigrant families deal with prejudice in their upscale New Jersey community. MS
Annotation:Cesi travels alone to Mexico to learn the secrets of her father's past, and ends up finding a new family and a new attitude. MS
Annotation:Vincenza is used to being a rich it-girl, but when her family leaves the Philippines for the US, she learns what it’s like to be on the other side of the popularity divide. MS
Annotation:Tamika’s friendship with an eighteen-year-old war vet and a refugee from Africa may seem strange to outsiders, but they help each other through the struggles of life in the projects.
Annotation:Dimple has no interest in the ‘suitable Indian boy’ her parents pick out for her, but when her very blonde best friend decides that she likes Karsh, Dimple finds her feelings are more complicated than she thought.
Annotation:After their home in Cambodia is destroyed, Nakri and her family must try to survive in a refugee camp before they can escape to the US.
Annotation:Miguel begins a dangerous journey from Mexico into the US to join his parents, unaware that his younger sister is secretly following him.
Annotation:When disaster after disaster forces her family to leave their home in Argentina, Dani has a hard time adjusting to life in New York City, where everything is different except her father's anger. MS
Annotation:Vonlai, his sister Dalah, and their parents make a desperate escape from Laos to Thailand, struggling to survive as they wait four long years to journey to America.
Annotation:Mina tries to balance her unpaid work at her Korean-American family’s dry-cleaning business and her parents’ expectations with her own desires and her new romance with Ysrael.
Annotation:After a young boy loses his family on their trip into the US, Sophie travels with her aunt to take him back to his only surviving relatives in Mexico. MS
Annotation:A collection of short stories about teenage guys and girls growing up with a Mexican heritage in south Texas.
Annotation:Frederick’s new friend Xio helps him fit into the Mexican culture at his new school, but Frederick’s crush on the star soccer player will dash Xio’s dreams of being his girlfriend.
Annotation:This book tells the stories of Mexican-American teens growing up in the US, as they deal with family, lying friends, and first loves.
Annotation:Three tales, that of the Monkey King, Jin Wang and Danny, intertwine to create a story about being Chinese in America. Graphic novel.
Annotation:After his father abandons him in London and returns to Ethiopia, hoping to give him a better life, Alem must fight for political asylum.
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Here are some great books for and about teens who have immigrated to America from all over the world. MS = books for middle school readers.
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