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Mia’s Story: A Sketchbook of Hopes & Dreams

Published: 2006, Candlewick
Tags: Flowers, Gardens, Pets
Categories: ChileChile, FictionChile, Fiction, Picture BookChile, Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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The Fighter

Published: 2006, Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
Tags: Concentration camps, Holocaust, Jewish
Categories: EuropeEurope, FranceEurope, France, Historical FictionEurope, France, Historical Fiction, PolandEurope, France, Historical Fiction, Poland, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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Yo! Yes (Caldecott Honor Book)

Published: 1993, Scholastic
Tags: Friendship, Humor, multicultural
Categories: Early Years (ages 2-6)Early Years (ages 2-6), Picture BookEarly Years (ages 2-6), Picture Book, United States

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Freedom River

Published: 2000, Jump At The Sun
Tags: African Americans, enslavement, History, Underground railroad
Categories: Biography - Autobiography- MemoirBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Coretta Scott King AwrdBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Coretta Scott King Awrd, Picture BookBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Coretta Scott King Awrd, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Coretta Scott King Awrd, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), United States

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Beneath My Mother’s Feet

Published: 2008, Atheneum
Tags: Coming of age, Family, future, growing up, Hardship, lessons, Money
Categories: FictionFiction, PakistanFiction, Pakistan, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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A Good Night For Freedom

Published: 2003, Holiday House
Tags: decisions, enslavement, Helping, Underground railroad
Categories: Historical FictionHistorical Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)Historical Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9), United States

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La Mariposa

Published: 1998, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Tags: Butterflies, Community, immigration and emigration, moving, Spanish
Categories: AmericasAmericas, BilingualAmericas, Bilingual, Early Years (ages 2-6)Americas, Bilingual, Early Years (ages 2-6), Latinx in USAmericas, Bilingual, Early Years (ages 2-6), Latinx in US, North AmericaAmericas, Bilingual, Early Years (ages 2-6), Latinx in US, North America, Picture BookAmericas, Bilingual, Early Years (ages 2-6), Latinx in US, North America, Picture Book, United States

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The Circuit

Published: 1999, Houghton Mifflin
Tags: border crossing, emigrants-immigrants, Hope, illegal immigrant, Journey, Survival
Categories: Intermediate (ages 9-14)Intermediate (ages 9-14), Latinx in USIntermediate (ages 9-14), Latinx in US, MexicoIntermediate (ages 9-14), Latinx in US, Mexico, United StatesIntermediate (ages 9-14), Latinx in US, Mexico, United States, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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Reaching Out

Published: 2008, Houghton Mifflin
Tags: challenges, cultural heritage, education, Family, memoir, Mexican-American, Migrant laborers, Overcoming obstacles, Poverty
Categories: Biography - Autobiography- MemoirBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Latinx in USBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Latinx in US, United StatesBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Latinx in US, United States, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life In Sarajevo

Published: 1994, Viking Adult
Tags: Courage, Death, food, War
Categories: Biography - Autobiography- MemoirBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Bosnia and HerzegovinaBiography - Autobiography- Memoir, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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