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
1,191 members
35 reviews
3.9
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2
Beacon Hill Boys
by Ken Mochizuki
66 members
4 reviews
½ 2.7
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3
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
by Thi Bui
1,212 members
67 reviews
4.2
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4
The Only Road
by Alexandra Diaz
220 members
11 reviews
4.2
Member
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5
Bamboo People
by Mitali Perkins
462 members
24 reviews
4.1
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6
The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
158 members
4 reviews
4.2
Member
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7
Escape from Aleppo
by N. H. Senzai
163 members
2 reviews
3.8
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8
The House on Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros
10,779 members
231 reviews
½ 3.6
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9
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
by Art Spiegelman
10,749 members
255 reviews
½ 4.4
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10
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
by Art Spiegelman
7,395 members
139 reviews
½ 4.5
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11
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
by Ocean Vuong
3,865 members
134 reviews
3.9
Member
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12
Fruit of the Drunken Tree
by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
603 members
32 reviews
3.8
Member
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13
Children of the River
by Linda Crew
697 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
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14
Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir
by Robin Ha
514 members
38 reviews
4.2
Member
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15
The Secret Side of Empty
by Maria E. Andreu
100 members
4 reviews
4.1
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16
Inside Out and Back Again
by Thanhhà Lại
4,897 members
558 reviews
½ 4.3
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17
Refugee
by Alan Gratz
2,221 members
78 reviews
½ 4.4
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18
The Radius of Us
by Marie Marquardt
105 members
3 reviews
4.1
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19
The Distance Between Us: A Memoir
by Reyna Grande
486 members
28 reviews
4.2
Member
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21
Audacity
by Melanie Crowder
243 members
11 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
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22
The Book of Unknown Americans
by Cristina Henríquez
1,405 members
79 reviews
3.9
Member
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23
Behold the Dreamers
by Imbolo Mbue
1,995 members
101 reviews
3.9
Member
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24
We Are Not from Here
by Jenny Torres Sanchez
355 members
11 reviews
½ 4.5
Member
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25
American Dirt
by Jeanine Cummins
3,662 members
184 reviews
4.1
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26
The Madonnas of Echo Park
by Brando Skyhorse
312 members
17 reviews
½ 3.6
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27
The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail
by Oscar Martínez
152 members
3 reviews
½ 4.5
Member
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28
The House of Broken Angels
by Luis Alberto Urrea
794 members
50 reviews
4.1
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29
They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei
1,708 members
98 reviews
½ 4.4
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30
Call Me American: A Memoir
by Abdi Nor Iftin
195 members
6 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
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31
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
by Jose Antonio Vargas
385 members
16 reviews
4.2
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32
Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card
by Sara Saedi
277 members
14 reviews
4.1
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34
Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
by Jennifer De Leon
208 members
6 reviews
½ 4.3
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35
American Street
by Ibi Zoboi
975 members
44 reviews
3.8
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36
Home Is Not a Country
by Safia Elhillo
216 members
10 reviews
4
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37
When Stars Are Scattered
by Victoria Jamieson
1,156 members
66 reviews
½ 4.6
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38
The Astonishing Color of After
by Emily X. R. Pan
1,163 members
36 reviews
4.1
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39
Shanghai Girls
by Lisa See
4,647 members
302 reviews
3.8
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40
Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story)
by Daniel Nayeri
697 members
27 reviews
½ 4.4
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