Theme: Emigration and immigration

The Tangerine Tree

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When Ida finds out that Papa must leave Jamaica to work in America, she’s heartbroken. But there is some consolation in knowing that Papa needs her to care of the tangerine tree while he’s away, and his parting gift of a book comes with a promise: he’ll be home again by the time she’s able [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Jamaica, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Letters from Rifka

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

In letters to her cousin, a young Jewish girl chronicles her family’s flight from Russia in 1919 and her own experiences when she must be left in Belgium for a while when the others emigrate to America.

Descriptors: Belgium, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Russia, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

My Two Worlds

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Contrasts the two worlds of an eight-year-old Dominican American girl who lives in New York City but speaks Spanish as her native language and frequently returns to her island home.

Descriptors: Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment