The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens
by Brooke Hauser
Nonfiction · 1050L (~7th–8th grade) · 336 pages · 2012
Why we'd hand it over
A rare book that makes immigration vivid and personal without pity or politics — kids see themselves in real teens' everyday struggles and triumphs, and parents get a genuine window into a world their own children may inhabit.