<div dir="ltr">I read Refugee by Gratz this summer. Our 6th grade students have a unit on immigration and they are using this title. I think there is a lot to use in this book so please do not think it is too low for HS. WWII, Castro's Cuba and present day Syria. Great read.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 11:26 AM Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">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"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Haven't read it yet, but it's on my "to read" list - <i>The Distance Betwen Us</i> by Reyna Grande. There is also a Young Readers' edition.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Distance-Between-Us-Memoir/dp/1451661789/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1543425511&sr=8-1" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Distance-Between-Us-Memoir/dp/1451661789/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1543425511&sr=8-1</a><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-8834203148457477314gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2"><i><br></i></font></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></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></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 11:07 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: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_-8834203148457477314m_-7327454180590190401gmail_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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