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2) Islandborn
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"Lola was just a baby when her family left the Island, so when she has to draw it for a school assignment, she asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland ... and in the process, comes up with a new way of understanding her own heritage"--
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CR - Family Diversity, Adoption, and Single Parent Families
CR - Immigrants welcome! Picture Books
CR - We Need Diverse Books
CR - Immigrants welcome! Picture Books
CR - We Need Diverse Books
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This is a picture book about immigration. Raising important identity issues like (3z(BWhere did we come from?(3y (Band (3z(BWho are we?(3y (BThis Is Me is as delightful as it is important, sure to stimulate dinner table conversation.
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"Brings to life a not too distant history of immigration to Ellis Island. When it's time for nine-year-old Gittel and her mother to leave their homeland behind and go to America for the promise of a new life, a health inspection stops any chance of Gittel's mother joining her daughter on the voyage. Knowing she may never see her mother again, Gittel must find the courage within herself to leave her family behind"--
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