Bestsellers
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The Distance Between Us
- Young Readers Edition
- By: Reyna Grande
- Narrated by: Alejandra Reynoso
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance7
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Story7
Award-winning author Reyna Grande shares her personal experience of crossing borders and cultures in this middle grade adaptation of her memoir, The Distance Between Us—“an important account of the many ways immigration impacts children” (Booklist, starred review). When her parents make...
By: Reyna Grande
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Made in Asian America: A History for Young People
- By: Erika Lee, Christina Soontornvat
- Narrated by: Sura Siu
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
From three-time Newbery Honoree Christina Soontornvat and award-winning historian Erika Lee comes a middle grade nonfiction that shines a light on the generations of Asian Americans who have transformed the United States and who continue to shape what it means to be American. Asian American...
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the various groups all persecutes the same way
- By joel whitaker on 05-12-24
By: Erika Lee, and others
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We Had to Be Brave
- Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport
- By: Deborah Hopkinson
- Narrated by: Lauren Irwin
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance5
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Story5
Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson illuminates the true stories of Jewish children who fled Nazi Germany, risking everything to escape to safety on the Kindertransport....
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How to Say Goodbye in Cuban
- By: Daniel Miyares
- Narrated by: Giordan Diaz, Gary Tiedemann, Marisa Blake, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Here is the dramatic coming-of-age graphic novel memoir of 12-year-old Carlos (who would grow up to become the author’s father), his life during the Cuban Revolution, and his family’s harrowing escape to America. A Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table (GNCRT) Outstanding Comics Award Honor...
By: Daniel Miyares
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Flight for Freedom
- The Wetzel Family's Daring Escape from East Germany
- By: Kristen Fulton, Torben Kuhlmann - illustrator
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 21 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the true story of one child, Peter Wetzel, and his family, as they risk their lives for the hope of freedom in a daring escape from East Germany via a handmade hot-air balloon in 1979.
By: Kristen Fulton, and others
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Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
- By: Albert Marrin
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance12
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Story12
On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City burst into flames. The factory was crowded. The doors were locked to ensure workers stay inside. One hundred forty-six people—mostly women—perished; it was one of the most lethal workplace fires in American history until...
By: Albert Marrin
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The Distance Between Us
- Young Readers Edition
- By: Reyna Grande
- Narrated by: Alejandra Reynoso
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance7
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Story7
Award-winning author Reyna Grande shares her personal experience of crossing borders and cultures in this middle grade adaptation of her memoir, The Distance Between Us—“an important account of the many ways immigration impacts children” (Booklist, starred review). When her parents make...
By: Reyna Grande
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Made in Asian America: A History for Young People
- By: Erika Lee, Christina Soontornvat
- Narrated by: Sura Siu
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
From three-time Newbery Honoree Christina Soontornvat and award-winning historian Erika Lee comes a middle grade nonfiction that shines a light on the generations of Asian Americans who have transformed the United States and who continue to shape what it means to be American. Asian American...
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the various groups all persecutes the same way
- By joel whitaker on 05-12-24
By: Erika Lee, and others
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We Had to Be Brave
- Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport
- By: Deborah Hopkinson
- Narrated by: Lauren Irwin
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance5
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Story5
Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson illuminates the true stories of Jewish children who fled Nazi Germany, risking everything to escape to safety on the Kindertransport....
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How to Say Goodbye in Cuban
- By: Daniel Miyares
- Narrated by: Giordan Diaz, Gary Tiedemann, Marisa Blake, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
Here is the dramatic coming-of-age graphic novel memoir of 12-year-old Carlos (who would grow up to become the author’s father), his life during the Cuban Revolution, and his family’s harrowing escape to America. A Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table (GNCRT) Outstanding Comics Award Honor...
By: Daniel Miyares
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Flight for Freedom
- The Wetzel Family's Daring Escape from East Germany
- By: Kristen Fulton, Torben Kuhlmann - illustrator
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
This is the true story of one child, Peter Wetzel, and his family, as they risk their lives for the hope of freedom in a daring escape from East Germany via a handmade hot-air balloon in 1979.
By: Kristen Fulton, and others
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Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
- By: Albert Marrin
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance12
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Story12
On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City burst into flames. The factory was crowded. The doors were locked to ensure workers stay inside. One hundred forty-six people—mostly women—perished; it was one of the most lethal workplace fires in American history until...
By: Albert Marrin
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Someone Like Me
- How One Undocumented Girl Fought for Her American Dream
- By: Julissa Arce
- Narrated by: Julissa Arce
- Length: 4 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall31
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Performance28
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Story28
A remarkable true story from social justice advocate and national bestselling author Julissa Arce about her journey to belong in America while growing up undocumented in Texas. Born in the picturesque town of Taxco, Mexico, Julissa Arce was left behind for months at a time with her two sisters...
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A must listen for a person to feel seen to hear or to learn from someone else’s.
- By R.F. on 12-27-24
By: Julissa Arce
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Areli Is a Dreamer
- A True Story by Areli Morales, a DACA Recipient
- By: Areli Morales
- Narrated by: Areli Morales
- Length: 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance1
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Story1
In the first picture book written by a DACA Dreamer, Areli Morales tells her own powerful and vibrant immigration story. When Areli was just a baby, her mama and papa moved from Mexico to New York with her brother, Alex, to make a better life for the family--and when she was in kindergarten...
By: Areli Morales
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Out of Hiding
- A Holocaust Survivor’s Journey to America
- By: Ruth Gruener
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall61
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Performance48
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Story46
Ruth Gruener was a hidden child during the Holocaust. At the end of the war, she and her parents were overjoyed to be free. But their struggles as displaced people had just begun....
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Fantastic!
- By Rebecca Wilbern on 02-11-21
By: Ruth Gruener
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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World
- By: Elena Favilli
- Narrated by: Annie Q, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Deepti Gupta, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance3
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A 2021 NATIONAL PARENTING PRODUCT AWARDS WINNER! The third installment in the New York Times bestselling Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series, featuring 100 immigrant women who have shaped, and will continue to shape, our world. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who...
By: Elena Favilli
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The Children of Willesden Lane
- A True Story of Hope and Survival During World War II (Young Readers Edition)
- By: Mona Golabek, Emil Sher, Lee Cohen
- Narrated by: Katherine Manners
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall43
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Performance35
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Story36
A young readers' edition of an important and inspiring true story of hope and survival during World War II. Fourteen-year-old Lisa Jura was a musical prodigy who hoped to become a concert pianist. But when Hitler's armies advanced on pre-war Vienna, Lisa's parents were forced to make a difficult...
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Notes of fear and strength
- By Anne Swan on 11-18-20
By: Mona Golabek, and others
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Immigrant Kids
- By: Russell Freedman
- Narrated by: Brian Keeler
- Length: 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Story6
Many people came to America in the early 1900s looking for jobs, opportunity, and freedom, and a lot of them were kids....
By: Russell Freedman
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While I Was Away
- By: Waka T. Brown
- Narrated by: Chieko Hidaka
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance17
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Story17
Named one of New York Public Library's & Bank Street's Best Books of the Year! The Farewell meets Erin Entrada Kelly's Blackbird Fly in this empowering middle grade memoir from debut author Waka T. Brown, who takes readers on a journey to 1980s Japan, where she was sent as a child to reconnect...
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Japan is amazing🗼🗾
- By Amazon Customer on 01-07-26
By: Waka T. Brown
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My Name Is Tani . . . and I Believe in Miracles Young Readers Edition
- By: Tanitoluwa Adewumi, Craig Borlase
- Narrated by: Ronnie Butler
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance19
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Story19
An amazing, miraculous refugee story of coming to America, the young readers edition of Tani Adewumi's story will inspire kids looking for true stories of doing hard things. At eight years old, Tani Adewumi, a refugee, won the 2019 New York State Chess Championship after playing the game for...
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Such a great read for kiddos!
- By Marianna on 07-02-22
By: Tanitoluwa Adewumi, and others
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Dear America: Young Readers' Edition
- The Story of an Undocumented Citizen
- By: Jose Antonio Vargas
- Narrated by: Jose Antonio Vargas
- Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance8
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Story8
In this young readers’ adaptation of his adult memoir Dear America, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas tells his story, in light of the 12 million undocumented immigrants currently in the United States. Jose Antonio Vargas was only twelve years old...
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Marie's Magic Eggs
- How Marie Procai Kept the Ukrainian Art of Pysanky Alive
- By: Sandra Neil Wallace, Evan Turk - illustrator
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Here is the inspiring story of the woman who kept alive the Ukrainian art of pysanky Easter eggs and brought it to America.
By: Sandra Neil Wallace, and others
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Dominican ABCs
- By: Jasdomin Santana
- Narrated by: Aylin Morcelo
- Length: 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Dive into a world where the alphabet dances to the Dominican beat! With each one revealing a cherished Dominican word or phrase.
By: Jasdomin Santana
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This Is Our Constitution
- Discover America with a Gold Star Father
- By: Khizr Khan
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra, Khizr Khan
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance7
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Story7
From Gold Star father and beloved Democratic National Convention speaker Khizr Khan comes a book for young people about the Constitution—what it says and why it matters for everyone. Our Founding Fathers created the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights as a blueprint for American government...
By: Khizr Khan
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Until Someone Listens
- A Story About Borders, Family, and One Girl's Mission
- By: Estela Juarez, Lissette Norman, Teresa Martínez
- Narrated by: Estela Juarez
- Length: 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
"Author/narrator Estella Juarez takes listeners on the heartrending journey of her family's immigration struggle....her message is powerful, heartbreaking, and hopeful."- AudioFile Magazine This program is read by the author, Estela Juarez. When Estela Juarez's mom is deported to Mexico, Estela...
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Plucky Young Author
- By Andrea Craig on 09-19-22
By: Estela Juarez, and others
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Her Right Foot
- By: Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris - Illustrator
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance12
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Story12
The Statue of Liberty is in New York. She's holding a torch. And she's in mid-stride, moving forward. But why? In this fascinating and fun take on nonfiction, Dave Eggers investigates a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue....
By: Dave Eggers, and others
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American Immigration: Our History, Our Stories
- By: Kathleen Krull
- Narrated by: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Award-winning author Kathleen Krull takes an in-depth historical look at immigration in America—with remarkable stories of some of the immigrants who helped build this country. With its rich historical text, fascinating sidebars about many immigrants throughout time, an extensive source list...
By: Kathleen Krull
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A Different Pond
- By: Bao Phi
- Narrated by: Josh Fu
- Length: 6 mins
- Unabridged
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As a young boy, Bao and his father awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis....
By: Bao Phi
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Playing at the Border
- A Story of Yo-Yo Ma
- By: Joanna Ho
- Narrated by: Kevin Shen
- Length: 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times bestselling author of Eyes That Kiss in the Corners, Joanna Ho, delivers a poignant biography about the musician Yo-Yo Ma, immigration, and using music to build bridges. “Everyone can benefit from Ho’s message of music bringing calm and peace to the world.” —Booklist...
By: Joanna Ho
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I Was Dreaming to Come to America
- Memories from the Ellis Island Oral History Project
- By: Veronica Lawlor
- Narrated by: Catherine Byers, Victor Bevine, Wendy Bagger, and others
- Length: 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance1
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Story1
In their own words, immigrants recall their arrival in the United States. Includes brief biographies and facts about the Ellis Island Oral History Project...
By: Veronica Lawlor
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Immigrant Kids
- By: Russell Freedman
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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America meant "freedom" to the immigrants of the early 1900s—but a freedom very different from what they expected. Cities were crowded and jobs were scare. Children had to work selling newspapers, delivering goods, and laboring sweatshops. In this touching book, Newberry Medalist Russell...
By: Russell Freedman
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Coming to England
- By: Floella Benjamin, Joelle Avelino
- Narrated by: Floella Benjamin
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Baroness Floella Benjamin's classic memoir, Coming to England. This inspirational story is a powerful reminder of how courage and determination can overcome adversity. Floella Benjamin was just a young girl when she, her sister and two brothers arrived in...
By: Floella Benjamin, and others
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Becoming Kid Quixote
- A True Story of Belonging in America
- By: Sarah Sierra, Stephen Haff
- Narrated by: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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A young readers’ companion to the adult memoir Kid Quixotes by Stephen Haff. Narrated by one extraordinary ten-year-old girl, this inspiring memoir tells the story of a daughter of Mexican American immigrants who finds her voice through the power of words and performance of Cervantes’ Don...
By: Sarah Sierra, and others
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Cast Away
- Poems for Our Time
- By: Naomi Shihab Nye
- Narrated by: Naomi Shihab Nye
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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“Nye at her engaging, insightful best.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Acclaimed poet and Young People’s Poet Laureate Naomi Shihab Nye shines a spotlight on the things we cast away, from plastic water bottles to those less fortunate, in this collection of more than eighty original and...
By: Naomi Shihab Nye
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Areli Es Una Dreamer (Areli Is a Dreamer Spanish Edition)
- Una Historia Real por Areli Morales, Beneficiaria de DACA
- By: Areli Morales, Polo Orozco - translator
- Narrated by: Areli Morales
- Length: 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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En esta edición en español del primer álbum ilustrado escrito por una beneficiaria de DACA -una "dreamer"- Areli Morales narra su poderosa historia como inmigrante. En la casa de la abuela -en las montañas de México- los sábados estaban llenos de familiares y de mucho sol. Areli era buena...
By: Areli Morales, and others
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A New History of Immigration
- By: Jaclyn Backhaus, Jennifer Sabin, Christopher Sebastian Parker - introduction
- Narrated by: Reena Dutt
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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“A powerful series that fills in the cracks and illuminates the shadows of the past.” –Sherri L. Smith, award-winning author of Flygirl Introducing a new nonfiction series that uncovers hidden histories of the United States. The true story of a nation of immigrants and its dreamers. The...
By: Jaclyn Backhaus, and others