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My Name is Yoon
By Helen Recorvits
Pre-school - 2nd Grade
When Yoon moves from Korea to America, she wants to keep her Korean name, Shining Wisdom, and write her name using Korean symbols. Although everything seems different in America, Yoon finds ways to accept her new home and maintain her Korean heritage.Discussion questions |
Lowji Discovers America
By Candace Fleming
3rd Grade - 5th Grade
When nine-year-old Lowji Sanjana moves from busy Bombay, India to a small, rural town in Illinois, he has great hopes of having a pet and making friends. He creatively wins over his grumpy landlady as he accomplishes both. Discussion questions |
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Project Mulberry
By Linda Sue Park
5th Grade - 7th Grade
When Julia's mother suggests a project raising silkworms like she did in Korea, Julia and her friend Patrick learn not just about silkworms but about tolerance, prejudice, friendship and patience.Discussion questions |
Ask Me No Questions
By Marina Budhos
7th Grade - 10th Grade
In the months following September 11 all Muslim men were forced to register with the government. When her father is detained, fourteen-year-old Nadira must find a way to bring her family back together, all the while feeling like a dangerous outsider in the country she through was her home.Discussion questions |
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Enrique's Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with his Mother
By Sonia Nazario
High School and Adult
When Enrique was five-years-old, his single mother made the trek from Honduras to the U.S. in search of a better life and enough money to return home for her children. When things don't work out as planned, Enrique decides to make the difficult journey north to find her. Discussion questions |
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