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Escaping from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in the summer of 2001, eleven-year-old Fadi and his family immigrate to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Fadi schemes to return to the Pakistani refugee camp where his little sister was accidentally left behind.

As one of America's most notorious prisons, Alcatraz has been a significant part of California's history for over 155 years.

Explores the lives and treatment of Asian immigrants detained at Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco, California, during the early twentieth century.

Relates one momentous day in the lives of five young people in the San Francisco Bay Area, including two teenaged bank robbers, a witness, and a wounded military policeman recently returned from duty in Iraq.

When thirteen-year-old Joan moves to California in 1972, she becomes friends with Sarah, who is timid at school but an imaginative leader when they play in the woods, and after winning a writing contest together they are recruited for an exclusive summer writing class that gives them new insights into themselves and others.

Describes the creation of the Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco and the process immigrants went through when they arrived in the United States.

Presents a look at the sites and society that existed in San Francisco during the time of the Gold Rush in the 1850s.

Describes the history of San Francisco Bay's Angel Island as an army base, detention center, and immigration station before its preservation as a state park.

When mankind resolves to wipe out all mermaids, Luce flees capture and encounters hundreds of refugee mermaids hiding in the San Francisco Bay.

In the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1970s, twelve-year-old Abby watches her mother fall apart and must take on the burden of holding her family together.

Examines the information reported by the media regarding the interaction between the Black Panther Party and government agents in the Bay Area of California (1967-1973).

Chronicles the history of Angel Island Immigration Station, describing the experiences of Chinese "paper sons," Japanese picture brides, Korean refugee students, South Asian political activists, Russian and Jewish refugees, Mexican families, Filipino repatriates, and others who arrived in and passed through the station.

Twelve-year-old Ariana, a tomboy, and her ladylike cousin Laila, recently arrived from Afghanistan, do not get along but they pull together when a rival Afghani grocery store opens, rekindling an old family feud and threatening their family's livelihood.

"A boat has gone missing. Goods have been stolen. There is blood in the water.