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• Buu-Van was born March 1st, 1950, in Luangprabang, Laos as the youngest of four children to his Vietnamese immigrant parents.
• In 1975, he received his undergraduate degree in irrigation engineering from Nonthabury College of Engineering in Thailand.
• On January 29th, 1977, he married his other half, Vilaykhone Connie Simuong. They have three, wonderful children: Bobby Amata, George Joe and Valentina Cupid.
• In 1984, he...
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IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
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"Ruth Gruener was a hidden child during the Holocaust. At the end of the war, she and her parents were overjoyed to be free. But their struggles as displaced people had just begun. In war-ravaged Europe, they waited for paperwork for a chance to come to America. Once they arrived in Brooklyn, they began to build a new life, but spoke little English. Ruth started at a new school and tried to make friends -- but continued to fight nightmares and flashbacks...
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In 1926, 12-year-old Fu Lee lives with his grandparents in a small village in China. He lives with his grandparents because his parents are dead. It is a difficult life but made easier by the love Lee shares with his grandparents. But now Lee must leave all that he knows. Before his parents died, they spent all of their money buying a 'paper son slot' for Lee to go to America. Being a 'paper son' means pretending to be the son of a family already...
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After growing up and hearing many stories about his parents experiences in Europe before, during and after World War II, Richard E. Fuerch decided that he had to preserve these stories for his family. He took on the task of interviewing his parents, taking elaborate notes and weaving a narrative from what he had assembled. The initial product was a forty page binder comprising a brief retelling of the stories that were told to him. After many years,...
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Pedro Pan, One Boy's Journey to America, is a tale of a 12-year-old boy's journey from Cuba to the United States. He takes part in a secret operation of more than 14,000 unaccompanied children, who take freedom flights to escape oppression and tyranny.
Ringing in the New Year in 1959, Pedro Infante observes history unfolding as change slowly sweeps through Havana. In 1961, at the noble sacrifice of his parents, Pedro and Pepe, his pet lizard,...
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IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Millions of people made the long journey to America in the early 1900s. They looked for freedom, safety, or the promise of a new life. Follow the waves of immigrants that flooded into the United States to see why they came and how they changed the country. Meets Common Core standards for analyzing chronology text structures.
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Driven by Hope chronicles the life of author Ansu Kamara from his turbulent childhood in Sierra Leone to his coming-of-age in New York City. Kamara was born in a village in rural Africa to loving Muslim parents and, as he grew, he encountered everything from smallpox to snakes and shipwrecks to violent military coups. He made his way to America on a prayer and a student visa, only to face a terrifying case of mistaken identity, and the unexpected...
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Author Sankalan was in the sixth grade when his guardians threw him out of their government-owned house in the picturesque community of Germany, Kakata, Liberia, West Africa. Why? Because he went to borrow a uniform from his friend to sit for the Liberian Government national examinations designed for sixth, ninth, and twelfth graders in the sixties and seventies. Booker Washington Institute (BWI) campus was the site of the exams. The old uniform he...
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Award-winning journalist Kati Marton set out on a wrenching personal journey to uncover the truth about her parents during her childhood in Cold War Budapest. She exposes the cruel mechanics of the communist state using the secret police files on her parents as well as dozens of interviews that reveal how her family was spied on and betrayed by friends, colleagues, and even their children's babysitter. She learned details of her parents' love affairs...
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Sara's family isn't safe. In Russia in 1909, the country's leaders encourage soldiers and even neighbors to attack and exploit Jewish people-people like Sara and her family. They leave their home country for a new life in America, but will they find the peace they're looking for? It's strange at first, and Sara wonders if she'll ever feel like she belongs in America. But as she learns English and makes friends at her new school, things begin to look...
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An adventure that will intrigue a historian, genealogist, or a fan of well researched historical fiction. The difficult times of the 18th century German Palatinate, force three families to leave their homeland. Their journey takes them from their homes, down the Rhine to Rotterdam, then on to England. They continue across the Atlantic and up the Delaware River to Philadelphia, a city of about twenty thousand in 1720. There they must part; each must...
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A story of how one man, born of humble means migrated to the United States of America during the Noriega regime. Born with a physical handicap, illegal and undocumented for 21 years, was determined to enter mainstream American society and corporate America and overcame insurmountable odds to achieve unimaginable heights. His journey had a spiritual awakening that changed his life. After assimilating into corporate America, he set sales records and...
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A timely, beautiful exploration of America's rich history of diversity, Journey to America profiles 20 immigrants and children of immigrants who have affected the nation's culture or business.
From showstopping entertainers to game-changing activists to brilliant scientists, these first- and second-generation Americans show the determination and innovation that has shaped the country we know today:
• Science: Kalpana Chawla (astronaut), I....
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Planting dreams volume Bk. 1, 1868-1869
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Butterfield Books
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English
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This is a fictionalized account of Charlotta Johnson's journey from Sweden to Kansas in 1868.--Pref.
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Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Relates the story of immigration to America through the voices and stories of those who passed through Ellis Island, from its opening in 1892 to the release of the last detainee in 1954.
20) Angel Island
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Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2006
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IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A look at the immigration station on the West coast.
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