Books about Immigration for Teens

I Sailed to Zion: True Stories of Young Pioneers Who Crossed the Ocean	Madsen, Susan Arrington	289.322 MAD
Contains the accounts of several young pioneers who describe what it was like to cross the ocean on their way to join their fellows Saints in Zion.
Enrique’s Journey	Nazario, Sonia	305.2308 NAZ
When Enrique was five, his mother, too poor to feed her children, left Honduras to work in the United States. After eleven years, he set off to find her with little more than her phone number. Without money, he made the dangerous trek up the length of Mexico, clinging to the sides and tops of freight trains.
Latino Voices	,	860.8 LAT
An anthology of Latino fiction, poetry, biography, and other writings which describe the experiences of Hispanic Americans.
In the Heart of Filipino America: Immigrants from the Pacific Isles	Takaki, Ronald T.	973.0499 TAK
Recounts the experiences of Filipino immigrants to America.
Happy Birthday or Whatever	Choi, Annie	BIO Choi
Annie is a Korean growing up in Los Angeles, and has a hard time living up to her mother's expectations. Annie's job is to study hard, go to Harvard and become a doctor. But she has little desire to do so, and recounts the shame of bringing home a B+ on a fourth-grade spelling test or the greater horror of having to wear Korean clothes to American school.
Funny in Farsi	Dumas, Firoozeh	BIO Dumas
This lighthearted memoir chronicles the author's move from Iran to America in 1971 at age seven, the antics of her extended family, and her family's short return to Iran before settling once again in the United States.
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle	, Avi	J F Avi
Rules of the Road	Bauer, Joan	J F Bauer
The Goblin Wood	Bell, Hilari	J F Bell
The Folk Keeper	Billingsley, Franny	J F Billingsley
The Penderwicks	Birdsall, Jeanne	J F Birdsall
The Dark Hills Divide	Carman, Patrick	J F Carman
The Night Gate	Carmody, Isabelle	J F Carmody
Behind the Attic Wall	Cassedy, Sylvia	J F Cassady
The Misadventures of Maude Marche	Coloumbis, Audrey	J F Coloumbis
Little Sister	Dalkey, Kara	J F Dalkey
Because of Winn Dixie	DiCamillo, Kate	J F DiCamillo
Ingo	Dunmore, Helen	J F Dunmore
Francie	English, Karen	J F English
The Oracle Betrayed	Fisher, Catherine	J F Fisher
Understood Betsy	Fisher, Dorothy Canfield	J F Fisher
Shadow Spinner	Fletcher, Susan	J F Fletcher
I, Coriander	Gardner, Sally	J F Gardner
Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe	Greene, Bette	J F Greene
Running Out of Time	Haddix, Margaret Peterson	J F Haddix
The Goose Girl	Hale, Shannon	J F Hale
Boston Jane	Holm, Jennifer	J F Holm
At the Sign of the Sugared Plum	Hooper, Mary	J F Hooper
Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores	Howe, James	J F Howe
The Mermaid Summer	Hunter, Mollie	J F Hunter
Journey to the River Sea	Ibbotson, Eva	J F Ibbotson
Howl's Moving Castle	Jones, Diana Wynne	J F Jones
The Girls	Koss, Amy Goldman	J F Koss
Skulduggery Pleasant	Landy, Derek	J F Landy
Ella Enchanted	Levine, Gail Carson	J F Levine
Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp	Mayer, Mercer	J F Mayer
The Changeling Sea	McKillip, Patricia	J F McKillip
The Girl Who Owned a City	Nelson, O. T.	J F Nelson
East	Pattou, Edith	J F Pattou
Monster of the Month Club	Regan, Dian Curtis	J F Regan
Yellow Star	Roy, Jennifer	J F Roy
Moonsilver	Duey, Kathleen	J I Duey
Gooney Bird Greene	Lowry, Lois	J I Lowry
Judy Moody	McDonald, Megan	J I McDonald
Sarah Plain and Tall	MacLachlan, Patricia	J Newbery F MacLachlan
Stone Girl, Bone Girl	Anholt, Laurence	J P Anholt
You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer	Corey, Shana	J P Corey
You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer	Corey, Shana	J P Corey
Olivia	Falconer, Ian	J P Falconer
Olivia	Falconer, Ian	J P Falconer
Chester's Way	Henkes, Kevin	J P Henkes
Amazing Grace	Hoffman, Mary	J P Hoffman
Amazing Grace	Hoffman, Mary	J P Hoffman
Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores	Howe, James	J P Howe
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon	Lovell, Patty	J P Lovell
Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp	Mayer, MJercer	J P Mayer
Paper Bag Princess	Munsch, Robert	J P Munsch
The Paper Bag Princess	Munsch, Robert	J P Munsch
Stephanie's Ponytail	Munsch, Robert	J P Munsch
Amelia and Eleanor go for a Ride	Ryan, Pam Munoz	J P Ryan
Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride	Ryan, Pam Munos	J P Ryan
Brave Irene	Steig, William	J P Steig
Brave Irene	Steig, William	J P Steig
Sense Pass King	Tchana, Katrin	J P Tchana
Ruby's Beauty Shop	Wells, Rosemary	J P Wells
Ashes of Roses	Auch, Mary Jane	YA F Auch
Sixteen-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.
The Escape from Home	Avi	YA F Avi
Driven from their impoverished Irish village, fifteen-year-old Maura and her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait for a ship to America.
Lord Kirkle's Money	Avi	YA F Avi
In this sequel to The Escape from Home, Patrick, Maura, and Laurence finally set foot on land and discover just what kind of opportunity awaits them in America. Poverty, wretched working conditions, anti-Irish sentiments, and news of Maura and Patrick's father's death are only a few of the obstacles crossing the immigrants' paths.
Wildflower Girl	Conlon-McKenna, Marita	YA F Conlon-McKenna
In the mid-nineteenth century, thirteen-year-old Peggy O'Driscoll sets out alone from Ireland for America, hoping to make a better life for herself.
Fresh off the Boat	De la Cruz, Melissa	YA F De La Cruz
When her family emigrates from the Philippines to San Francisco, fourteen-year-old Vincenza Arambullo struggles to fit in at her exclusive, all-girl private school.
Born Confused	Desai Hidier, Tanuja	YA F Desai Hi
Seventeen-year-old Dimple, whose family is from India, discovers that she is not Indian enough for the Indians and not American enough for the Americans, as she sees her hypnotically beautiful, manipulative best friend taking possession of both her heritage and the boy she likes.
Letters from Rifka	Hesse, Karen	YA F Hesse
In letters to her cousin, a young Jewish girl chronicles her family's flight from Russia in 1919 and her own experiences when she must be left in Belgium temporarily while the others immigrate to America.
Crossing the Wire	Hobbs, Will	YA F Hobbs
Fifteen-year-old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to cross the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support his family in central Mexico.
La línea	Jaramillo, Ann E.	YA F Jaramill
When fifteen-year-old Miguel's time finally comes to leave his poor Mexican village, cross the border illegally, and join his parents in California, his younger sister's determination to join him soon imperils them both.
Finding My Voice	Lee, Marie G.	YA F Lee
As she tries to enjoy her senior year and choose which college she will attend, Korean American Ellen Sung must deal with the prejudice of some of her classmates and pressure from her immigrant parents to get good grades.
Silver Days	Levitin, Sonia	YA F Levitin
Escaping from Hitler's Germany, a prosperous Jewish family lives in a New York City tenement until Papa decides to move the family to California.
The Whirlwind	Matas, Carol	YA F Matas
In 1941, fourteen-year-old Ben flees Nazi Germany with his family, hoping to find stability in Seattle, but when his new friend John, a Japanese American, is sent to an internment camp, he does not feel safe anywhere.
Red Midnight	Mikaelsen, Ben	YA F Mikaelsen
After soldiers kill his family, Santiago and his four-year-old sister flee Guatemala in a kayak and try to reach the United States.
A Step from Heaven	Na, An	YA F Na
A young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in America.
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break	Namioka, Lensey	YA F Namioka
Ailin's life takes a different turn when she defies the traditions of upper class Chinese society by refusing to have her feet bound.
Land of Dreams	Nixon, Joan Lowery	YA F Nixon
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.
Land of Hope	Nixon, Joan Lowery	YA F Nixon
Rebekah, a fifteen-year-old Jewish immigrant arriving in New York in 1902, almost abandons her dream of getting an education when she is forced to work in a sweatshop.
Land of Promise	Nixon, Joan Lowery	YA F Nixon
Fifteen-year-old Rose travels from Ireland to join family members in Chicago, where she must use all of her resources to deal with her father's drinking and her brothers' dangerous involvement in politics.