October Book List: Immigrants and Immigration Issues
Oct 31, 2011
Time: Library Hours: Monday & Tuesday Noon - 8:00 P.M. Wednesday 10:00 A.M. - 8:00 P.M. Thursday, Friday & Saturday 10:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M
Location: The Walla Walla Public Library: 238 E. Alder,
Phone: (509) 527-4550
BIOGRAPHY
- American By Choice: The Remarkable Fulfillment of an Immigrant’s Dreams by Sam Moore [B Moore]
- Brother, I’m Dying by Edwidge Danticat [B Danticat]
- De Kooning: An American Master by Mark Stevens [B De Kooning]
- Freedom’s Child: A Courageous Teenager’s Story of Fleeing His Parents – and the Soviet Union – to Live in America by Walter Polovchak [B Polovchak]
- I Love Yous Are For White People: A Memoir by Lac Su [B Su]
- Of Beetles & Angels: A Boy’s Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard by Asgedom Mawi [B Mawi]
- Saffron Sky: A Life Between Iran and America by Gelareh Asayesh [973 Asayesh]
- A Thousand Miles of Dreams: The Journeys of Two Chinese Sisters by Sasha Su-Ling Welland [920 Welland]
- A Tiger’s Heart: The Story of a Modern Chinese Woman by Aisling Juanjuan Shen [B Shen]
CITIZENSHIP
- How to Get a Green Card by Ilona M. Bray [325.73 Bray]
- A Simple Guide to U.S. Immigration and Citizenship by Luis Cortés [323.6 Cortés]
- U.S. Immigration Made Easy by Ilona M. Bray [323.6 Bray]
- U.S.A. Immigration Guide by Ramon Carrion [323.6 Carrion]
HISTORY
- American Passage: The History of Ellis Island by Vincent J. Cannato [325.73 Cannato]
- Augustus F. Sherman: Ellis Island Portraits, 1905-1920 by Augustus F. Sherman [779 Sherman]
- Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream by Bruce Watson [331.89 Watson]
- Destination America by Chuck Wills [973 Wills]
- Dreams of the West: A History of the Chinese in Oregon, 1850-1950 by Portland State University [979.5 Dreams]
- Ellis Island and the Peopling of America: The Official Guide by Virginia Yans-McLaughlin [325 Yans]
- From Many Lands by Louis Adamic [325.73 Ad15]
- The Journey of the Italians in America by Vincenza Scarpaci [973.0451 Scarpaci]
- The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and Her Fight for Freedom in Old New Orleans by John Bailey [305.89 Bailey]
- One Night in a Bad Inn: A True Story by Christy Leskovar [978.6 Leskova]
- Sons of the Yellow Emperor: A History of the Chinese Diaspora by Lynn Pan [951 Pan]
- They All Chose America by Albert Q. Maisel [325.73 M23]
- To the Golden Door: The Story of the Irish in Ireland and America by George W. Potter [325.2 P86]
REFUGEES
- The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang [973 Yang]
- New Americans: An Oral History: Immigrants and Refugees in the U.S. Today by Al Santoli [920 Santoli]
- Of Beetles & Angels: A Boy’s Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard by Asgedom Mawi [B Mawi]
- Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder [305.896 Kidder]
ASIA
- Asian Americans: An Interpretive History by Sucheng Chan [973 Chan]
- Dreams of the West: A History of the Chinese in Oregon, 1850-1950 by Portland State University [979.5 Dreams]
- I Love Yous Are For White People: A Memoir by Lac Su [B Su]
- Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai [j Lai]
- The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang [973 Yang]
- Sons of the Yellow Emperor: A History of the Chinese Diaspora by Lynn Pan [951 Pan]
- A Thousand Miles of Dreams: The Journeys of Two Chinese Sisters by Sasha Su-Ling Welland [920 Welland]
LATIN AMERICA
- Antonio’s Gun and Delfino’s Dream: True Tales of Mexican Migration by Sam Quinones [305.86 Quinone]
- Because I Don’t Have Wings: Stories of Mexican Immigrant Life by Philip Garrison [305.86 Garriso]
- Border Crosser: One Gringo’s Illicit Passage from Mexico into America by Johnny Rico [364.1 Rico]
- Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail by Rubén Martínez [973 Martine]
- Crossing With the Virgin: Stories from the Migrant Trail by Kathryn Ferguson [304.873 Ferguso]
- The Devil’s Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea [304.8 Urrea]
- Dying to Cross: The Worst Immigrant Tragedy in American History by Jorge Ramos [364.1 Ramos]
- Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario [304.8 Nazario]
- The Golden Door: International Migration, Mexico, and the United States by Paul R. Ehrlich [325.2 Ehrlich]
- Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America by Juan González [973 Gonzale]
- Once Upon a Quinceanera: Coming of Age in the USA by Julia Alvarez [395.24 Alvarez]
- Outlaws in the Promised Land: Mexican Immigrant Workers and America’s Future by James D. Cockcroft [331.6 Cockro]
- Mexican Voices/American Dreams: An Oral History of Mexican Immigration to the United States by Marilyn P. Davis [973 Davis]
- Mexifornia: A State of Becoming by Victor Hanson [305.86 Hanson]
- Midnight On the Line: The Secret Life of the U.S.–Mexico Border by Tim Gaynor [364.13 Gaynor]
- The New Americans by Rubén Martínez [304.8 Martine]
- Pablo Cruz and the American Dream: The Experiences of an Undocumented Immigrant from Mexico by P. Cruz [331.6 C95]
- Strangers Among Us: How Latino Immigration Is Transforming America by Roberto Suro [305.86 Suro]
- There’s No José Here: Following the Hidden Lives of Mexican Immigrants by Gabriel Thompson [331.6 Thompso]
- The World of Mexican Migrants: The Rock and the Hard Place by Judith Adler Hellman [305.85 Hellman]
EN ESPANOL
- Cruzando la frontera: la crónica implacable de una familia mexicana que emigra a Estado Unidos by Rubén Martínez [Sp 305.86 Martine]
- De inmigrante a ciudadano: cómo obtener o cambiar su estatus migratorio en Estado Unidos by Luis Reverend Cortés [Sp 323.6 Cortes]
- The Dream on Blanca’s Wall: Poems in English and Spanish/El sueno pegado en la pared de Blanca: poemas en ingles y espanol by Jane Medina [FL j 811.5 Medina]
- Guía de inmigración a Estados Unidos by Ramon Carrion [Sp 342 Carrion]
- Guía para triunfar en los Estado Unidos: en busca del sueno americano by Camilo F. Cruz [Sp 158 Cruz]
- Inmigración a los EE.UU., paso a paso by Edwin T. Gania [Sp 342 Gania]
- Inmigración y ciudadanía en los E.U.: preguntas y respuestas by Debbie M. Schell [Sp 342 Schell]
- La inmigración y usted: cómo navegar por el laberinto legal y triunfar by Mario M. Lovo [Sp 342 Lovo]
- Just Like Home/Como en mi tierra by Elizabeth Miller [FL E Miller]
- Lo último en guías para obtener su tarjeta verde by LearningExpress [Sp 342.73 Ultimo]
- Más allá del alambre y de la migra!: librorreportaje by Ángel Ávila [Sp 305.86 Avila]
- Mi sueno de América by Yuliana Gallegos [FL j 305.8 Gallego]
- El regalo del tiempo: cartas a mis hijos by Jorge Ramos [Sp 158.1 Ramos]
- La travesía de Enrique by Sonia Nazario [Sp 304.8 Nazario]
- USA inmigración y orientación by Bob McLaughlin [Sp 342 McLaugh]
ADULT FICTION
- America Libre by Raúl Ramos y Sánchez [FIC Ramos]
- Barnacle Love by Anthony De Sa [FIC Desa]
- Brooklyn by Colm Toibin [FIC Tóibín]
- Call It Sleep by Henry Roth [FIC Roth]
- Digging to America by Anne Tyler [FIC Tyler]
- Do They Know I’m Running by David Corbett [FIC Corbett]
- Evenings at the Argentine Club by Julia Amante [FIC Amante]
- A Free Life by Ha Jin [FIC Jin]
- Girl In Translation by Jean Kwok [FIC Kwok]
- Golden Country by Jennifer Gilmore [FIC Gilmore]
- House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus [FIC Dubus]
- How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu [FIC Mengest]
- Ivan and Misha by Michael Alenyikov [FIC Alenyikov]
- The Jungle by Upton Sinclair [FIC Sinclair]
- The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens [FIC Behrens]
- The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon [FIC Hemon]
- The Lightening Keeper by Starling Lawrence [FIC Lawrence]
- Lost Lake by Mark Slouka [FIC S Slouka]
- Love and Obstacles: Stories by Aleksandar Hemon [FIC S Hemon]
- My New American Life by Francine Prose [FIC Prose]
- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri [FIC Lahiri]
- Netherland by Joseph O’Neill [FIC O’Neill]
- New York: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd [FIC Rutherfurd]
- The Puzzle King by Betsy Carter [FIC Carter]
- Shanghai Girls by Lisa See [FIC See]
- Star of the Sea by Joseph O’Connor [FIC O’Connor]
- The Vine of Desire by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni [FIC Divakaruni]
- The Vision of Emma Blau by Ursula Hegi [FIC Hegi]
- What Remains by Nicholas Delbanco [FIC Delbanco]
YOUNG ADULTS
- America Is Also Italian by Jerre Mangione [YA 325.1 M31]
- Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch [YA FIC Auch]
- The Bone Collector’s Son by Paul Yee [YA FIC Yee]
- Cuss by Kristine Franklin [YA pbk Frankli]
- Everything You Need to Know When a Parent Doesn’t Speak English by Pat Lakin [YA 303.482 Lakin]
- From Many Lands by Alberta Eiseman [YA 325.73 Ei8]
JUVENILE
- An American Spring by Kathryn Lasky [j My]
- Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Paterson [j Paterson]
- Call Me Ruth by Marilyn Sachs [j Sachs]
- Charlotte’s Rose by A.E. Cannon [j Cannon]
- A Coal Miner’s Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska by Susan Campbell Bartoletti [j Dear]
- Coming to America: Immigrants from the British Isles by Shirley Blumenthal [j 973 Blument]
- Coming to America: Immigrants from the Far East by Linda Perrin [j 973 Perrin]
- Coming to America: Immigrants from Northern Europe by Albert Robbins [j 973 Robbins]
- Coming to America: Immigrants from Southern Europe by Gladys Rips [j 973 Rips]
- Coming to North America: From Mexico, Cuba, and Puerto Rico by Susan Garver [j 973 Garver]
- Cubans by Barbara Grenquist [j 973 Grenqui]
- The Dream on Blanca’s Wall: Poems in English and Spanish/El sueno pegado en la pared de Blanca: poemas en ingles y espanol by Jane Medina [FL j 811.5 Medina]
- Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl by Kathryn Lasky [j Dear]
- Ellis Island: Gateway to the New World by Leonard Fisher [j 325.1 Fisher]
- Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker by Deborah Hopkinson [j Dear]
- Henry Kissinger by Fred L. Israel [jB Kissinger]
- I’m New Here by Bud Howlett [j 371.97 Howlett]
- Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai [j Lai]
- Jewish Americans by Robert Stein [j 973 Stein]
- The Journal of Otto Peltonen, a Finnish Immigrant by William Durbin [j Dear]
- The King of Mulberry Street by Donna Jo Napoli [j Napoli]
- Koreans by Jodine Mayberry [j 973 Mayberr]
- Land of Dreams by Joan Lowery Nixon [j Nixon]
- Let’s Talk About When a Parent Doesn’t Speak English by Maureen Wittbold [j 306.8 Wittbol]
- Letters From Rifka by Karen Hesse [j Hesse]
- Maggie’s Door by Patricia Reilly Giff [j Giff]
- Mexican Americans by Alexandra Bandon [j 973 Bandon]
- The Mexican Americans by Julie Catalano [j 973 Catalan]
- Mexicans by Jodine Mayberry [j 973 Mayberr]
- Mr. Blue Jeans: A Story About Levi Strauss by Maryann N. Weidt [jB Strauss]
- The Norwegians in America by Percie V. Hillbrand [j 973 Hillbra]
- Russian Immigrants, 1860-1915 by Helen Frost [j 973 Frost]
- Sam Ellis’s Island by Beatrice Siegel [j 974.7 Siegel]
- Still a Nation of Immigrants by Brent Ashabranner [j 325 Ashabra]
- They Sought a New World: The Story of European Immigration to America by William Kurelek [j 971 Kurelek]
- Under Copp’s Hill by Katherine Ayres [j Ayres]
- Waiting for Mama by Marietta D. Moskin [j Moskin]
- Walk Across the Sea by Susan Fletcher [j Fletcher]
- West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi by Jim Murphy [j Dear]
- Wildflower Girl by Marita Conlon-McKenna [j Conlon-McKenna]
PICTURE BOOKS
- Gooseberries to Oranges by Barbara Cohen [E Cohen]
- Just Like Home/Como en mi tierra by Elizabeth Miller [FL E Miller]
- The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco [E P]
- Klara’s New World by Jeanette Winter [E Winter]
- Mirette and Bellini Cross Niagara Falls by Emily McCully [E McCully]
- Molly’s Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen [E Cohen]
- My Name Is Yoon by Helen Recorvits [E R]
- A Picnic in October by Eve Bunting [E Bunting]
- Silent Movie by Avi [E Avi]
- The Tangerine Tree by Regina Hanson [E Hanson]
- Together in Pinecone Patch by Thomas Yezerski [E Yezerski]
- A Very Important Day by Maggie Rugg Herold [E Herold]
- Watch the Stars Come Out by Riki Levinson [E Levinson]
- When This World Was New by D. H. Figueredo [E Figueredo]
- The Wonderful Towers of Watts by Patricia Zelver [E Zelver]
DVDS
- Avalon [DVD Avalon]
- Bread & Roses [DVD Brea]
- Dancer in the Dark [DVD Dancer]
- Destination America: The People and Cultures that Created a Nation [DVD 305.9 Destination]
- El Norte [DVD El Norte]
- Golden Door [DVD Golden]
- A History of Hispanic Achievement in America [DVD 973 History]
- In America [DVD In America]
- The Namesake [DVD Namesake]
- The New Americans [DVD 325 New]
- Sweet Land [DVD Sweet]
- The Visitor [DVD Visitor]
- Watch the Stars Come Out [j DVD Watch]