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This emotional debut novel in verse, inspired by the authors own experiences, is about a young Taiwanese girl who emigrates to America and finds a stark difference between her dreams and her reality. Anna is counting the days until her family gets to move to America--the so-called beautiful country--though shes only ever known life in Taiwan. But the beautiful country isnt at all what Anna pictured. Her family can only afford a cramped one-bedroom...
87) Nory Ryan's song
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When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity helps her family and neighbors survive.
90) West of the moon
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In nineteenth-century Norway, fourteen-year-old Astri, whose aunt has sold her to a mean goatherder, dreams of joining her father in America.
100) Ellis island
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Explore the history of Ellis Island, one of the most recognized landmarks in American history. Kids will learn about its early history as a Mohegan island and rest spot for fishermen through its time as a famous immigration station to today's museum. The level 3 text provides accessible, yet wide-ranging, information for independent readers.