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Immigrant children

  • Author:
    Charles, Veronika Martenova
    Summary:

    Emma lives on the grey, cold, lonely side of a wall, where people speak in whispers and no flowers grow. On the other side, there is happiness and colour, but she can never go there. When Emma's parents disappear, she is sent to live...

  • Author:
    Woodson, Jacqueline
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    Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson has created a poignant, yet heartening audiobook about finding...

  • Author:
    Zamora, Javier
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    Trip. My parents started using that word about a year ago--'one day, you'll take a trip to be with us. Like an adventure.' Javier's adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador,...

  • Author:
    Hearn, Emily, Milne, Marywinn
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    From the diverse cultures of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Guyana, Somalia, and others, immigrant children write of the fear, the excitement and challenge of moving to another country and forging a new sense of self in a new land.

  • Author:
    Little, Jean
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    Victoria Cope's family takes in a "Home Child", an orphaned or abandoned child from England brought to Canada to work as farm labourers or domestic servants at the turn of the century. Mary Anna is a sad, quiet child, who Victoria...

  • Author:
    Yee, Paul
    Summary:

    An American Library Association Youth Media Award Stonewall Honor Book. Ray Liu knows he should be happy. He lives in a big suburban house with all the latest electronic gadgets, and even finds plenty of time to indulge in his love of...

  • Author:
    Fung, Rosena
    Summary:

    ** IBBY 2023 Collection of Books for Young People with Disabilities** Heartbreakingly honest and quietly funny, this graphic novel from a debut creator is a refreshingly real exploration of mental health, cultural differences, and the...

  • Author:
    Gendreau, Gabriella, Kazemi, Nahid
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    Eunice immigre au Canada avec son père et sa grand-mère. Sa mère ne peut pas les rejoindre tout de suite. Eunice va alors ressentir un tel manque qu’elle en perdra la parole. Incapable de parler, elle vit un blocage total. On va suivre...

  • Author:
    Daley-Clarke, Donna
    Summary:

    Daley-Clarke entwines the street-smart stories of one black family facing racism and loss in 1970s London. With his father in jail, his mother passed on, and his comic book idols outgrown, lazy-eyed teenager Geoffhurst must find a new...

  • Author:
    Carvalho, Beatriz
    Summary:

    Anelis n'a pas toujours vécu à Montréal. Avant, elle vivait dans un pays chaud où la mer faisait partie de sa vie. Son ancien pays lui manque, Anelis a souvent de la peine. Pour se remonter le moral, elle fait remonter à la surface...

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