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749467
Bit of Earth by Riazi, Karuna 

BTSB Prebound(Greenwillow Books, 2023)


Publication Date: 03/14/2023

BTSB #: 749467 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Pakistanis - Fiction Families - Fiction Homesickness - Fiction Gardens - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Muslims - Fiction Long Island (N.Y.) - Fiction


Summary: Growing up in Pakistan, Maria Latif has been bounced between reluctant relatives for as long as she can remember. Maria has always been a difficult child, and it never takes long for her guardians to tire of her. So when old friends of her parents offer to "give her a better life" in the America, Maria is shipped to a host family across the world.


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749456
Bit of Earth by Riazi, Karuna 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2023)


Publication Date: 04/19/2023

BTSB #: 749456 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Pakistanis - Fiction Families - Fiction Homesickness - Fiction Gardens - Fiction Orphans - Fiction Muslims - Fiction Large print books Long Island (N.Y.) - Fiction


Summary: Growing up in Pakistan, Maria Latif has been bounced between reluctant relatives for as long as she can remember. Maria has always been a difficult child, and it never takes long for her guardians to tire of her. So when old friends of her parents offer to "give her a better life" in the America, Maria is shipped to a host family across the world. In large print hardcover format.


23.24 *

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276578
Crossroads by Diaz, Alexandra 

Paperback(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2019)


Publication Date: 09/03/2019

BTSB #: 276578 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
RC: 5.4 6-8 Lexile: 820

Subjects: Unauthorized immigrants - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Homesickness - Fiction School stories Brothers - Fiction Cousins - Fiction Refugees - Fiction Guatemalan Americans - Fiction


Summary: Jaime, twelve, and Angela, fifteen, discover what it means to be living as undocumented immigrants in the United States, while news from home gets increasingly worse.


7.37 *

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276581
Crossroads by Diaz, Alexandra 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018)


Publication Date: 09/04/2018

BTSB #: 276581 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
RC: 5.4 6-8 Lexile: 820

Genres: Multicultural Family Life


Subjects: Unauthorized immigrants - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Homesickness - Fiction School stories Brothers - Fiction Cousins - Fiction Refugees - Fiction Guatemalan Americans - Fiction


Summary: Jaime, twelve, and Angela, fifteen, discover what it means to be living as undocumented immigrants in the United States, while news from home gets increasingly worse.


6.50 *

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902155
In a village by the sea by Van, Muon 

BTSB Prebound(Creston Books, 2015)


Publication Date: 05/12/2015

BTSB #: 902155 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 2.4 LG

Genres: Family Life


Subjects: Homesickness - Fiction Families - Fiction


Summary: Moving from the wide world to the snugness of home and back out again, Village by the Sea tells the story of longing for the comforts of home.


447734
New kind of wild by Hoang, Zara Gonzalez 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2020)


Publication Date: 04/21/2020

BTSB #: 447734 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.5 LG Lexile: 670 AD F&P: M

Genres: General Fiction


Subjects: Moving - Fiction Homesickness - Fiction City and town life - Fiction Friendship - Fiction


Summary: When Ren moves to Ava's city, he feels lost without the green and magic of his home, but not everything in the city is what meets the eye and Ren discovers that nothing makes you feel at home quite like a friend.


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P02579
Stories from around the world

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2014)


Publication Date: 07/02/2014

BTSB #: P02579 Available

Dewey: 398.2/NAges: 5-8   


Genres: Folk Tales, Fables, Mythology Fairy Tales


Subjects: Fairy tales Grandfathers - Fiction Voyages and travels - Fiction Homesickness - Fiction Japanese Americans - Fiction Pueblo Indians - Folklore Africa - Fiction United States - Description and travel - Fiction Japan - Fiction


Summary: Mufaro's beautiful daughters : Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife. Grandfather's journey : A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries. Arrow to the sun : An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.


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897793
Sugar in milk by Umrigar, Thrity N. 

BTSB Prebound(Running Press Kids, 2020)


Publication Date: 10/06/2020

BTSB #: 897793 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 740 AD

Genres: Family Life


Subjects: Immigrant children - Fiction Homesickness - Fiction Refugees - Fiction


Summary: A young girl in modern times comes from India to live in America with her extended family. She feels so alone--like she's not wanted--and then remembers a story her mother once told her about a group of Persians who were ousted from their country and who sailed to the western shores of India in search of a new home. The young girl realizes that she, too, is being accepted by those in her neighborhood and that she can finally start feeling like a part of this new American society.


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477600
Summer in the city [Mango Delight]by Hyman, Fracaswell 

BTSB Prebound(Sterling Children's Books, 2020)


Publication Date: 03/03/2020

BTSB #: 477600 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 770

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Theater - Fiction Musicals - Fiction Homesickness - Fiction Aunts - Fiction African Americans - Fiction New York (N.Y.) - Fiction


Summary: Mango is invited to star in Yo, Romeo! in New York City, but must struggle to balance the opportunity of a lifetime with homesickness, insecurity, and staying close to her best friend long-distance.


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