Immigration

Making a New Start - Immigration
 Blackwood, Gary L. **//**This Year of Hangman.**// Puffin 2002 1777, the young boy was kidnapped in England and forced to the United States. The book is the tale of what migh have happened if this young boy could have defeated the patroits and America was still until England's reign. Grades 8 - 10. Recommended by Alex  Koller, Jackie French. //**Nothing to Fear.**// This is the story of Daniel Garvey, an 11 year old Irish immigrant, in New York during the great Depression. At the beginning of the story, young Daniel does not notice any affects of the Depression, but slowly, he starts seeing things - people getting evicted, people loosing their jobs, decline in food, his father has to take to the road for a job, ...... His father dies. The family is eventually rescued from their difficult situation and his mother eventually remarries. Grades 4 - 8. Recommended by Bryan H.
 * __Fiction__

Salisbury, Graham. //**Eyes of the Emperor.**// Random, 2005. This is a story about Eddie, a Japanese-American, and his two friends in Hawaii. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the three boys join the United States Army. They believe that they are showing their loyalty and are doing something good. They soon find out that they are supposed to be the bait to train the Army's attack dogs because of their body odor. They have to overcome tremendous predudice of officers and other soldiers, cruel training, and mixed up information from home. Grades 5 - 9. Recommended by Bryan H.

Salisbury, Graham. //**Under the Blood Red Sun.**// Delacorte, 1994. This is the story of Tami Nakaji, a 13 year old Japanese boy, and his family (a Japanese immigrant family) living in Hawaii in 1941. Tomi's father and mother work hard to support the three of them and Tomi's sister and grandfather. Tomi struggles to come to some middle ground between his Japanese heritage and his interest in being American. After Pearl Harbor is bombed, Tomi is left as the man of the house when his father and grandfather are taken away and imprisoned. Grades 6 - 12. Recommended by Bryan H.

 // * Tan, Shaun. ////**The Arrival.**// // Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007. In this //wordless graphic novel, a man leaves his homeland and sets off for a new country, where he must build a new life for himself and his family. Easily initiates discussion about the nature of emigrating. Grades 6 - 12. Recommended by Josh.

Veciana-Suarez, Ana. //**Flight to freedom**//**.** Orchard, 2002. This young adult novel, told in diary format, details the migration of a family people from Cuba to Miami in the late 1960's and the hardships and perils that they endure. Apparently, this is part of a new series of novels called "First Person Fiction". Grades 5 - 12. Recommended by Bill.

Yep, Laurence. //**The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung : A Chinese miner.**//** Scholastic Inc., 2000 A young man comes from China to be a gold miner. His uncle has summoned his older brother to come help but the family sent the younger brother instead. This is a story about his struggles, hardships, racism, and bullying even with the promise of prosperity to his family in China.No matter what "Runt" goes through he continues to have a postitive outlook. Lots of facts are inter-mixed with this fictional book. Grades 5 - 8. Recommended by Alex

__Nonfiction__**  Ambrosek, Renee. **//America Debates United States Policy on Immigration.//** Rosen Pub. Group, 2008. Presents the issues at stake in the current U.S. immigration policy, discussing what immigration is; different perspectives on the economic, social services, and security aspects of immigration; and the future of the debate. Grades 9 - up. Recommended by John G.

Bausum, Ann. **//Denied, detained, deported : stories from the dark side of American Immigration.//** National Geographic, 2009. Foreword poems -- Introduction -- Excluded: "Unguarded stand our gates" -- Deported: "Nowhere at home" -- Denied: "A voyage of doom" -- Detained: "Uncertainty was all we knew" -- Exploited: "When we want you, we'll call you" -- Afterword. Grades 7 - up. Recommended by: John G.

Budhos, Marina. //**Ask Me No Questions.**// Simon Pulse, 2006. Everything changes for a family of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh after 9/11. Nadira's father is arrested and her high achieving sister Aisha who was bound for an elite college is struggling. Grades 7 - 12. Recommended by Dr. Berg.

Burgan, Michael. **//The Italian Americans.//** //(Immigration to the U.S.)// Facts on File, c2005. From the earliest Italian explorers to today, this survey breaks down into short time periods why this groups has emigrated to the U.S. Grades 5 - 8. Recommended by Stephanie.  Gallo, Donald, R. ed. **//First crossing : stories about teen immigrants.//** Candlewick Press, 2007 Stories of recent Mexican, Venezuelan, Kazakh, Chinese, Romanian, Palestinian, Swedish, Korean, Haitian, and Cambodian immigrants reveal what it is like to face prejudice, language barriers, and homesickness along with common teenage feelings and needs. Grades 6 - up. Recommended by John G.

Holder, Angela Roddey. **//The meaning of the Constitution.//** Barron's Educational Series, 1997 The U.S. Constitution explained. Grades 6 - up. Recommended by: John G.  Lakin, Pat. //**Everything you need to know when a parent doesn’t speak English.**// Rosen Pub. Group, 1994 Discusses what it feels like to have a parent who does not speak. Grades 6 - up. Recommended by: John G.

Leinwald, Gerald. **//Do We Need a New Constitution?//** F. Watts, 1994. Weighs the advantages and disadvantages of the present government structure, examines the effectiveness of the system of checks and balances established by the Constitution, and looks at proposed changes to the Constitution. Grades 9 - 12. Recommended by: John G.

Orfalea, Gregory. **//The Arab Americans: A history.//** Olive Branch, c2006. Detailed research and interviews cover the history of Arab immigration to the U.S., from 1878 to today. Grades 9 - up. Recommended by Stephanie.

The text of the United States Constitution, including an understandable description of each Article and Amendment, right in the palm of your hand / [by The Founding Fathers and JusticeLearning.org]. Grades 7 - 12. Recommended by: John G.
 * //United States Constitution: What It Says, What It Means : A Hip Pocket Guide.//** Founding Fathers; JusticeLearning. Org., 2005