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Immigration and emigration
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First CrossingStories of recent Mexican, Venezuelan, Kazakh, Chinese, Romanian, Palestinian, Swedish, Korean, Haitian, and Cambodian immigrants reveal what it is like to face prejudice, language barriers, and homes |
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Lupita MananaTo help her poverty-stricken family, thirteen-year-old Lupita enters California as an illegal alien and starts to work while constantly on the watch for "la migra.". |
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A Step From HeavenA young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in America. |
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A Step From HeavenA young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in America. |
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Ashes of RosesSixteen-year-old 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. |
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HabibiWhen fourteen-year-old Liyanne Abboud, her younger brother, and her parents move from St. |
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Land of HopeRebekah, a fifteen-year-old Jewish immigrant arriving in New York City in 1902, almost abandons her dream of getting an education when she is forced to work in a sweatshop. |
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Mountain LightSwept up in one of the local rebellions against the Manchus in China, nineteen-year-old Squeaky loses his home and travels to America to seek his fortune among the gold fields of California. |
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The Chinese in AmericaExamines the causes of Chinese immigration to the United States and describes the contributions of this ethnic group to the social, cultural, and economic life of their new country. |
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