High School Novels about Immigration

Description
In Spring 2021, members of ALA Connect shared titles of novels that are related to immigration and written at a high school reading level. This list features all of the titles mentioned in the discussion.
1
Enrique's Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother
by Sonia Nazario
1,400 members
37 reviews
3.9
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2
Beacon Hill Boys
by Ken Mochizuki
73 members
4 reviews
½ 2.7
Member
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3
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
by Thi Bui
1,518 members
76 reviews
4.2
Member
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4
The Only Road
by Alexandra Diaz
297 members
12 reviews
4.1
Member
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5
Bamboo People
by Mitali Perkins
522 members
24 reviews
4.1
Member
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6
The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
208 members
5 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
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7
Escape from Aleppo
by N. H. Senzai
197 members
2 reviews
3.8
Member
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8
The House on Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros
12,933 members
255 reviews
½ 3.6
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9
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
by Art Spiegelman
12,222 members
281 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
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10
Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began
by Art Spiegelman
8,355 members
155 reviews
½ 4.5
Member
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11
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
by Ocean Vuong
6,086 members
181 reviews
3.9
Member
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12
Fruit of the Drunken Tree
by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
685 members
36 reviews
3.8
Member
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13
Children of the River
by Linda Crew
781 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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14
Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir
by Robin Ha
722 members
45 reviews
4.1
Member
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15
The Secret Side of Empty
by Maria E. Andreu
113 members
4 reviews
4
Member
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16
Inside Out and Back Again
by Thanhhà Lại
6,287 members
589 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
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17
Refugee
by Alan Gratz
3,398 members
90 reviews
½ 4.4
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18
The Radius of Us
by Marie Marquardt
113 members
3 reviews
4.1
Member
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19
The Distance Between Us: A Memoir
by Reyna Grande
629 members
28 reviews
4.2
Member
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21
Audacity
by Melanie Crowder
285 members
12 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
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22
The Book of Unknown Americans
by Cristina Henríquez
1,640 members
80 reviews
3.9
Member
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23
Behold the Dreamers
by Imbolo Mbue
2,394 members
116 reviews
3.9
Member
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24
We Are Not from Here
by Jenny Torres Sanchez
491 members
12 reviews
½ 4.5
Member
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25
American Dirt
by Jeanine Cummins
5,019 members
224 reviews
4.1
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26
The Madonnas of Echo Park
by Brando Skyhorse
337 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
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27
The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail
by Oscar Martínez
185 members
6 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
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28
The House of Broken Angels
by Luis Alberto Urrea
965 members
57 reviews
4.2
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29
They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei
2,484 members
125 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
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30
Call Me American: A Memoir
by Abdi Nor Iftin
245 members
5 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
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31
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
by Jose Antonio Vargas
560 members
17 reviews
4.2
Member
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32
Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card
by Sara Saedi
342 members
15 reviews
4.1
Member
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34
Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
by Jennifer De Leon
266 members
7 reviews
3.9
Member
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35
American Street
by Ibi Zoboi
1,144 members
48 reviews
3.8
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36
Home Is Not a Country
by Safia Elhillo
303 members
13 reviews
4.1
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37
When Stars Are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson
1,801 members
108 reviews
½ 4.5
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38
The Astonishing Color of After
by Emily X. R. Pan
1,412 members
47 reviews
4
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39
Shanghai Girls
by Lisa See
5,047 members
323 reviews
3.8
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40
Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story)
by Daniel Nayeri
1,164 members
37 reviews
½ 4.4
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