<div dir="ltr"><i>Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card </i>is on my stack of books to read. It's a memoir of a girl who finds out at 13 she is an illegal immigrant from Iran. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 10:28 AM Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><i>Audacity</i> by Melanie Crowder--It's a novel in verse, but is based on the life of Clara Lemmich, a Russian Jewish immigrant who comes to New York City at the start of the 20th century. She fights for women's inclusion in the early garment workers unions. It was on the Read for a Lifetime list a few years ago.<div><br></div><div><i>You Bring the Distant Near </i>by Mitali Perkins--This novel is more about identity than social change, but fits the idea of whether or not you have to give up your own culture to obtain the American Dream. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">"Five girls. Three generations. One great American love story. You Bring the Distant Near explores sisterhood, first loves, friendship, and the inheritance of culture--for better or worse. Ranee, worried that her children are losing their Indian culture; Sonia, wrapped up in a forbidden biracial love affair; Tara, seeking the limelight to hide her true self; Shanti, desperately trying to make peace in the family; Anna, fighting to preserve Bengal tigers and her Bengali identity--award-winning author Mitali Perkins weaves together a sweeping story of five women at once intimately relatable and yet entirely new."</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">With our juniors we still read <i>The Great Gatsby </i>to examine the American Dream. Then later in the year, students each select their own novel from a list of American Voices I have prepared. Students are each supposed to pick a book that would not be part of their own culture/experience and use it for comparison/contrast--the window, not the mirror.</span></font></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 9:55 AM Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">This is probably a little young for HS students, but Esperanza Rising is awesome, and it fits the majority of your requirements.<div><br></div><div>Otherwise, take a look at this link. There are quite a few interesting books on there!</div><div><a href="https://socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/immigration/" target="_blank">https://socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/immigration/</a><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 9:31 AM Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Does it have to be a novel? Otherwise, what about <b><i>Spare Parts</i></b> -- the story of a group of Latino kids from Arizona that beat out MIT in an underwater robotics competition? (Was a movie too.)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_4370426741215596617m_9150431114407653208m_1324350386986978186m_-8129273627485523320gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Leah Krippner<div>Librarian, Harlem High School</div><div>I am currently reading <i>Dumplin'</i> by Julie Murphy</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 9:17 AM Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I preface this by saying I have not had a chance to read it yet so I don't know about appropriateness for the HS level but have they looked at <i>Behold the Dreamers</i> by Imbolo Mbue?</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, 28 Nov 2018 at 08:06, Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#9900ff">My English teachers are looking for a book to read with their juniors that deals with pursuing the "American Dream". They are currently teaching The Jungle, and both the teachers and the students are not enjoying it. They would like a new book by an American author that discusses the trials and tribulations of immigrants coming to America to pursue the "American Dream". A huge bonus would be if the book showed the author arguing for change.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#9900ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#9900ff">They had considered Uncle Tom's Cabin, but they don't think it would be a huge hit with students, and it does not involve immigrants. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#9900ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#9900ff">I know you are a very knowledgeable group, and I was hoping for some great suggestions.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#9900ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#9900ff">Thanks in advance, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#9900ff">Stephanie</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#9900ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#9900ff"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif"><br></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="m_4370426741215596617m_9150431114407653208m_1324350386986978186m_-8129273627485523320m_-6786888966910160901m_2667267525777774144gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" size="4" color="#9900ff"><b>Stephanie Flott</b></font><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><font color="#00ff00">Dwight Township High School</font><font color="#38761d"> </font> <font color="#ff0000">Dwight Grade School</font></font></div><div><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><font color="#00ff00">801 S. 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