IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCES IN LITERATURE

1. Campbell, Susan. Silver at Night (30 ps)
2. Caseley, Judith. Apple Pie and Onions (32 ps) (Russian)
3. Cech, John. My Grandmother's Journey.
4. Chetin, Helen. Angel Island Prisoner. (Japanese)
5. Cohen, Barbara. Gooseberries to Oranges. (31 ps.)
6. Cohen, Barbara. Molly's Pilgrim
7. Curley, Daniel. Hilarion. (88 ps.)
8. Garland, Sherry. My Father's Boat. NY: Scholastic, 1998.
   A Vietnamese American boy spends a day with his father on his shrimp boat, listening as he describes how his own father fishes on the South China Sea.
9. Gilmore, Rachna. Lights for Gita.
10. Gross, Virginia. It's Only Goodbye.
11. Hansen, Regina. The Tangerine Tree. (31 ps)
12. Harvey, Brett. Immigrant Girl: Becky of Eldridge Street. (40 ps.)
13. Herold, Maggie Rugg. A Very Important Day (32 ps)
14. Hesse, Karen. Letters From Rifka. (148 ps.)
15. Hest, Amy. When Jessie Came Across the Sea, 1997.
16. Hurvitz, Johanna. Faraway Summer.
17. Joose, Barbara. The Morning Chair, 1995.
18. Kavanagh, Katie. Home Is Where Your Family Is, 1994.
19. Kudlinski, Kathleen. Shannon: A Chinatown Adventure, San Francisco, 1880. (71 ps.)
20. Kushner, Donn. Uncle Jacob's Ghost Story, 1986.
21. Lehrman, Robert. The Store That Mama Built, 1992.
22. Leighton, Maxine. An Ellis Island Christmas, 1992.
23. Levine, Ellen. I Hate English!, 1989.
24. Levinson, Riki, Soon Anala. NY: Orchard, 1993. While eagerly awaiting the arrival of her two younger brothers from the old country, Anna tries to speak more English and less Yiddish.
25. Levinson, Riki. Watch the Stars Come Out, 1985.
26. Levitin, Sonia. A Piece of Home.
27. Mayerson, Evelyn. The Cat Who Escaped From Steerage, 19909. (66 ps)
28. Mohr, Nicholasa. The Magic Shell, 1995.
29. Moskin, Marietta. Waiting for Marina, 1975. (91 ps)
30. Moss, Marissa. In America, 1994.
31. Nixon, Joan Lowery. Land of Hope.
32. Oberman, Sheldon. The Always Prayer Shawl, 1997.
33. Polacco, Patricia. The Keeping Quilt, 1998. (32 ps)
34. Pomeranc, Marion. The American Wei.
35. Pomeranc, Marion Hess. The Hand-Me-Down-Horse, 1996. Pryor, Bonnie. The Dream Jar, 1996.
36. Rael, Elsa. What Zeesie Saw on Delancey Street (30 ps)
37. Ross, Lillian. Sarah, Also Known As Hannah, 1994. (63 ps.)
38. Sandin, Joan. The Long Way Westward, 1989.
39. Tarbescu, Edith. Annushka's Voyage. NY: Clarion. (32 ps) (X)
    Annushka's grandfather says good-bye to two sisters who journey across the Atlantic on a steamship, pass through Ellis Island, and, with the help of their grandmother's Sabbath candlesticks, join their father in America.
40. Waterton, Betty. Pettranella, 1980.
41. Watson, Mary. The Butterfly Seeds, 1995.
42. Winter, Jeanette. Klara's New World, 1992.
43. Woodruff, Elvira. The Memory Coat, 1999.
44. Yezerski, Thomas. Together in Pinecone Patch. NY: Farrar, 1998.
    A girl from Ireland and a boy from Poland overcome the prejudices held by the residents of the small American town in which they have emigrated.

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