Behind The Mountains
Writing in the notebook which her teacher gave her, thirteen-year-old Celiane describes life with her mother and brother in Haiti as well as her experiences in Brooklyn after the family finally immigrates there to be reunited with her father.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 940
subjects: haitian americans, immigrants [X], emigration and immigration, diaries, haiti, brooklyn (new york, n.y.), immigration and emigration, diary fiction [X]
The Everything I Have Lost
"Beginning at age twelve, Julia keeps a diary of her life in Juarez, Mexico, where life is always dangerous, until she joins her aunt and grandmother in El Paso, Texas, and faces new challenges"--Publisher.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: family life, friendship, diaries, immigrants [X], mexico, el paso (tex.), bildungsromans, diary fiction [X]