February+18

1.   In __Beyond the Western Sea__, Maura and her brother leave their impoverished Irish village for a better life in America. Who wrote this book? (//Avi//)

2.   Uprising tells the story of three young immigrant girls who work in a shirt factory in New York in the 1920s, and their struggle to improve working conditions for women. Who is the author? (//Margaret Peterson Haddix//)

3.   In Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate, from which country is Kek a refugee? (//Sudan//)

4.   In this book, a young Mormon girl emigrates with a group of people from Wales to Utah. A young mother dies on the journey, and her baby, Rose is taken by one of the young girls and cared for. This girl takes on the task of getting the grief-stricken father to accept the young baby. What is the title and/or author of the book? (//Charlotte’s Rose// by A E Cannon)

5.   In Kiss the Dust by Elizabeth Laird, the real life experiences of the Iraqi Kurds are described through the eyes of a 13 year old girl called Tara. Which city/country did they eventually settle in? (London, England)

6.   In this book a family, desperate to escape slum life in New York, travel to Pennsylvania and take over a local store. Although their father dies, they manage to succeed mainly though the efforts of Birdie, the 12 year old daughter of the family. What is the title of the book? (//The Store that Mama Built//)

7.   This book tells of two very different 4 graders, one of whom is African American girls called Maxie and the other a Muslim Albanian refugee from Kosovo just arrived in their class. Maxie is part of the in-crowd in the class and doesn’t want to have anything to do with the new girl until she has to interview her as part of a class project. What is the name of the girl from Kosovo? It is also in the title of the book. (//Drita//) //Drita, My Homegirl// by Jenny Lombard.

8.    In this wordless graphic novel by Shaun Tan, a man leaves his homeland and sets off for a new country, where he must build a new life for himself and his family. What is the title of this graphic novel? (//The Arrival//)

9.    In the book //Nory Ryan’s Song//, a girl finds a way to save her family, and to join the thousands of Irish men, women, and children who are making their way to America. Who is the author of this book? (//Patricia Reilly Giff//)

10.    In letters to her cousin, a young Jewish girl chronicles her family's flight from Russia in 1919 and her own experiences when she must be left in Belgium for a while when the others emigrate to America. The author of this book is Karen Hesse. What is the title? (//letters from Rifka//)

11.    In the book, //A step from Heaven//, A young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in America. Who wrote this book? //(An Na//)

12.    In this book, Katherine Patterson describes the life of Italian immigrants who are trying to make a living in America. It describes a strike by factory workers in Massachusetts in 1912. What is the title of this book? (//Bread and Roses, too//)

13.    In //The Other Side of Truth// by Beverley Naidoo, Sade and her younger brother have been smuggled out of their home country after their mother was murdered. Their uncle is supposed to meet them in London, but he fails to turn up. What country did they leave behind? (//Nigeria//)\

14.    Who wrote Habibi? (//Naomi Shihab Nye//)

15.  This is book is the story of two Scottish girls who were separated after they were evicted from their home. One sister travels with her parents to Canada, whereas the other sister is left behind in Scotland. The author of this book is Helen Frost. What is the title of the book? //(The Braid//)