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3) Flood tide
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 14
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
511 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 21 cm
Description
Told in two voices, Pen, whose dream of taking over her family's restaurant has been destroyed, and Xander, a new, undocumented, employee seeking his father, form a bond.
As an aspiring pastry chef, Penelope Prado has always dreamed of opening her own pastelerÃa next to her father's restaurant, Nacho's Tacos. But her traditional Mexican-American mom and dad have different plans. Xander Amaro Is a new hire at Nacho's. For him, the job is an opportunity...
Author
Series
Amos Walker novels volume 16
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Description
Flashy Latino singer Gilia Cristobal, wanted in her native country for a murder she did not commit, hires private investigator Amos Walker to find the missing person whose identity Gilia has been paying to use.
7) Hard row
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"As Judge Deborah Knott presides over a case involving a barroom brawl, it becomes clear that deep resentments over race, class, and illegal immigration are simmering just below the surface in the North Carolina countryside"--Provided by publisher.
8) Facing fear
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Description
"Enrique is a U.S. citizen-but the rest of his family isn't. When he hears a rumor of a police raid, Enrique must face the possibility of being separated from his parents and sister"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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Description
"Jason has just learned that his Afghan mother has been living illegally in the United States since his father was killed in Afghanistan ... when he sees his mother being escorted from her workplace by two officers, Jason feels completely alone. He boards a train with the hope of finding his aunt in New York City, but as soon as he arrives in Penn Station, the bustling city makes him wonder if he's overestimated what he can do"--Amazon.com.
10) Heat
Author
Pub. Date
c2006, 2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
220 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.
11) Sanctuary
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
In 2032, when sixteen-year-old Vali's mother is detained by the Deportation Forces, Vali must flee Vermont with her little brother, Ernie, hoping to reach their T Luna in the sanctuary state of California.
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Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
191 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Talia is being held at a correctional facility for adolescent girls in the forested mountains of Colombia after committing an impulsive act of violence that may or may not have been warranted. She urgently needs to get out and get back home to Bogotá, where her father and a plane ticket to the United States are waiting for her. If she does make it to Bogotá, will she trade the facts of her father and life in Colombia for the distant vision of her...
13) Return to sender
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
325 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
140 p. ; 19 cm.
Description
Jessie, Max, and Cooper investigate the disappearance of Cooper's friend Enrique and his sisters, as well as a series of robberies for which the police believe Enrique is responsible, as Jessie continues to regain her strength after her bone marrow transplant.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
A young child describes what it is like to be a migrant as she and her father travel north toward the U.S. border. They travel mostly on the roof of a train known as The Beast, but the little girl doesn't know where they are going. She counts the animals by the road, the clouds in the sky, the stars. Sometimes she sees soldiers. She sleeps, dreaming that she is always on the move, although sometimes they are forced to stop and her father has to earn...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
432 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"Jasmine de los Santos has always done whats expected of her. Shes studied hard, made her Filipino immigrant parents proud and is ready to reap the rewards in the form of a full college scholarship to the school of her dreams. And then everything shatters. Her parents are forced to reveal the truth: their visas expired years ago. Her entire family is illegal. That means no scholarships, maybe no college at all and the very real threat of deportation....
17) Amnesty: a novel
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"Danny--formerly Dhananjaya Rajaratnam--is an illegal immigrant in Sydney, Australia, denied refugee status after he fled from Sri Lanka. Working as a cleaner, living out of a grocery storeroom, for three years he's been trying to create a new identity for himself. And now, with his beloved vegan girlfriend, Sonja, with his hidden accent and highlights in his hair, he is as close as he has ever come to living a normal life. But then one morning, Danny...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017].
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"In the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident--which becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. Richard Bowmaster--a 60-year-old human rights scholar--hits the car of Evelyn Ortega--a young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala--in the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen and...
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"The women of Rosato & Associates return, after the relaunch of the series that started with Accused. This second entry, Betrayed, stars Judy Carrier, who has had the starring role in only one previous Rosato book. When Betrayed opens, Judy Carrier finds herself at a crossroads in her life. Her best friend, Mary DiNunzio, has just become partner and is about to become a bride, leaving Judy vaguely out of sorts. She's not jealous, but she's not happy...
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