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Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Identical twins Ernesto and Raul Flores, seventeen, must flee El Salvador, make a harrowing journey across the Rio Grande and the Texas desert, face capture by immigration authorities, and struggle to navigate life in America.
Author
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 480L
Language
English
Description
Back at the Waldens' home, Zammy and Juniper struggle to control Parker and Annie while at the same time avoiding detection from the kids' parents, but the aliens forget about another family member who is following them.
283) 7 soles
Publisher
Venevision International
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Español
Description
El Negro gets hired to smuggle a group of undocumented migrants into the United States. When he claims this will be his last trip because he wants out of the business, his superiors become suspicious and send a younger smuggler to keep an eye on him. The two fight during the troubled crossing, and eventually lose part of their human cargo. El Negro now finds himself on the run from his former associates and the law.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"American policy-makers have long been locked in a heated battle over whether, how many, and what kind of immigrants to allow to live and work in the country. Those in favor of welcoming more immigrants often cite humanitarian reasons, while those in favor of more restrictive laws argue the need to protect native citizens. But economist Bryan Caplan adds a new, compelling perspective to the immigration debate: He argues that opening all borders could...
287) The far away brothers: two teenage immigrants making a life in America ; adapted for young adults
Author
Publisher
Ember
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
"Ernesto and Raúl Flores are identical twins, used to being mistaken for each other. As seventeen-year-olds living in rural El Salvador, they are used to thinking that the United States is just a far-off dream. When Ernesto ends up on the wrong side of MS-13, one of El Salvador's brutal gangs, he flees the country for his own safety. Raúl, fearing that he will be mistaken for his brother, follows close behind. Running from one danger to the next,...
288) The Wedding banquet
Language
English
Formats
Description
Comedy about the age-old conflict between parents and their children. In New York, the Taiwanese half of a gay couple hopes to end his parents' matchmaking by announcing that he's engaged. What he doesn't count on is that they'll fly in to meet the bride and plan the nuptials!
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"This ABC News program studies the connections between 9/11, the American economy, and the workforce of undocumented labor on which that economy increasingly depends. Interviews with Arizona border patrol agents evoke their frustrations and reveal the perils faced by many Mexicans who attempt desperate wilderness crossings. Contrasts between President Bush's proposed guest worker program and the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to crack down...
Author
Series
CRS report volume R43599
Publisher
Congressional Research Service
Pub. Date
[2018?]-
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
"The deeply reported story of identical twin brothers who escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in California--fighting to survive, to stay, and to belong. Growing up in rural El Salvador in the wake of the civil war, Ernesto Flores had always had a fascination with the United States, the faraway land of skyscrapers and Nikes, while his identical twin, Raul, never felt that northbound tug. But when Ernesto ends up on the wrong side of the...
Author
Publisher
Center Street, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"For an undocumented immigrant, what is the true cost of the American dream? Julissa Arce shares her story in a riveting memoir. When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents, who dreamed the journey would secure her a better life. When her visa expired at the age of 15, she became an undocumented immigrant. Thus began her underground existence, a decades long game...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
Español
Description
Based on the Los Angeles Times series that won two Pulitzer Prizes, this is a timeless story of families torn apart. When Enrique was five, his mother, too poor to feed her children, left Honduras to work in the United States. The move allowed her to send money back home so Enrique could eat better and go to school past the third grade. She promised she would return quickly, but she struggled in America. Without her, he became lonely and troubled....
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