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1) Migrant
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
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Description
Anna is the child of Mennonite migrant workers from Mexico, who have come north to harvest fruit and vegetables. She wonders what it would feel like to be a deeply rooted tree instead of a feather in the wind.
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Series
Language
English
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2023 Rogue Reads
Books for Tweens for Latinx/a/o Heritage Month 2022
Books in English for Children 0-12 / Libros en inglés para niños y niñas de 0-12 años
Hispanic Heritage Month: October 2023
Books for Tweens for Latinx/a/o Heritage Month 2022
Books in English for Children 0-12 / Libros en inglés para niños y niñas de 0-12 años
Hispanic Heritage Month: October 2023
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.
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Language
English
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Sanora Babb' s long-hidden novel Whose Names Are Unknown tells an intimate story of the High Plains farmers who fled drought dust storms during the Great Depression. Written with empathy for the farmers' plight, this powerful narrative is based upon the author' s firsthand experience. This clear-eyed and unsentimental story centers on the fictional Dunne family as they struggle to survive and endure while never losing faith in themselves. In the Oklahoma...
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