Ask Me No Questions by Marina Tamar Budhos FIC BUD
Nadira and her family leave Bangladesh for New York City, but the events of September 11, 2001, bring sorrow and terror for the whole family.

Behind the Mountains by Edwidge Danticat YFIC DAN
Celiane describes life with her mother and brother in Haiti as well as her experiences in Brooklyn after the family finally immigrates there to be reunited with her father.

Call Me Henri by Lorraine Lopez YFIC LOP
Faced with family problems, difficulty in school, and gangs in the barrio, Enrique dreams of reaching the "other America" depicted on television.

Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs YFIC HOB
Victor Flores attempts to cross the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support his family in central Mexico.

First Crossing: Stories About Teen Immigrants by Donald R. Gallo YFIC 808.83 F 2004
Stories of recent Mexican, Venezuelan, Kazakh, Chinese, Romanian, Palestinian, Swedish, Korean, Haitian, and Cambodian immigrants.

Fresh Off the Boat by Melissa de la Cruz YFIC DEL
In San Francisco where her family struggles to make ends meet, 14-year-old Vicenza Arambullo must find her way around a new life, mean girls, and romance.

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez FIC ALV
Four lively Latinas plunge from a pampered life of privilege on an island compound into the big-city chaos of New York.

La Linea by Ann Jaramillo YFIC JAR
When Miguel leaves his poor Mexican village to join his parents in California, his younger sister's determination to join him soon imperils them both.

Other Side of Truth by Beverly Naidoo YFIC NAI
Smuggled out of Nigeria after their mother's murder, Sade and her younger brother are abandoned in London.

Something About America by Maria Testa YFIC TES
Inspired by a true story, this novel explores immigration in contemporary America, narrated by a 13-year-old girl from Kosovo.

A Step from Heaven by An Na YFIC NA
A young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in America.

Tangled Threads: A Hmong Girl’s Story by Pegi Deitz Shea YFIC SHE
After ten years in a refugee camp in Thailand, thirteen-year-old Mai Yang travels to Providence, Rhode Island.

Web of Lies by Beverly Naidoo YFIC NAI
One boy's struggle to fit in threatens to unravel plans for the safe haven his family has traveled from Nigeria to find.

Why Does the Coqui Sing? by Barbara Garland Polikoff YFIC POL
When Luz and her family move from Chicago to her stepfather's native home of Puerto Rico, she struggles to adjust and to decide where it is she  really belongs.

Historical Novels On Immigration

Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch YFIC AUC
Margaret Rose Nolan, newly arrived from Ireland, finds work at New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory shortly before the 1911 fire in which 146 employees died.

Belonging Place by Jean Little JFIC LIT
Elspet describes how she came to be orphaned in Scotland, and emigrated with relatives to a rough but rewarding existence in Canada.

Beyond the Western Sea: Escape from Home by Avi YFIC AVI
Driven from their impoverished Irish village, Maura and her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait for a ship to America.

The Braid by Helen Frost YFIC FRO
Two Scottish sisters relate their experiences after they are separated, one sister going to Cape Breton, Canada, and the other staying behind.

Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Paterson YFIC PAT
Jake and Rosa form an unlikely friendship as they try to survive and understand the 1912 Bread and Roses strike of mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Double Crossing by Eve Tal YFIC TAL
In 1905, Raizel and her father flee to America in hopes of earning money to bring the rest of the family there, but her father's health and Orthodox faith become barriers.

Flight to Freedom by Ana Veciana-Suarez YFIC VEC
Yara describes life with her family in Havana, Cuba, in 1967 as well as her experiences in Miami, Florida, after immigrating there to be reunited with some relatives.

The King of Mulberry Street by Donna Jo Napoli JFIC NAP
In 1892, Dom, a nine-year old stowaway from Naples, Italy, arrives in New York and must learn to survive the perils of street life in the big city.

Land of Dreams by Joan Lowery Nixon YFIC NIX
In 1902 sixteen-year-old Kristin travels with her family from Sweden to a new life in Minnesota, where she finds herself frustrated by the restrictions placed on what girls of her age are expected or allowed to do.

Lost in America by Marilyn Sachs YFIC SAC
Follows the experiences of a teenaged French Jew as she loses her parents and sister to concentration camps and then leaves France to make a new life for herself in New York City.

Maggie's Door by Patricia Reilly Giff JFIC GIF
In the mid-1800s, Nory and Sean set out separately on a dangerous journey from famine-plagued Ireland, hoping to reach a better life in America.

The Notorious Izzy Fink by Don Brown YFIC BRO
In the 1890's, thirteen-year-old Sam copes with poverty and violence on the streets of New York's Lower East Side.

The Stone Goddess by Minfong Ho YFIC HO
After the Communists take over Cambodia, Nakri and her older sister struggle to survive.

Water Street by Patricia Reilly Giff JFIC GIF
In the shadow of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, neighbors Bird Mallon and Thomas Neary make some decisions about what they want to do with their lives.