Boundaries are for Crossing

Stories about the difficult journeys that families take to bring their children to America, and the welcome that awaits them.

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Elementary and Urban Education Professor Tabitha Dell'Angelo suggested Marwan's Journey because..

One night they came... The darkness grew colder, deeper, darker, and swallowed up everything... Marwan is a young boy on a journey he never intended to take, bound for a place he doesn't know. On his journey, he relies on courage and memories of his faraway homeland to buoy him. With him are hundreds and thousands of other human beings, crossing the deserts and the seas, fleeing war and hunger in search of safety. He must take one step after another--bringing whatever he can carry, holding on to dreams.

Check out the author talking about writing the book here.

TAGS: Immigration, refugee status, fear & hope

Special Education Professor Helene Anthony suggested Dreamers because...

It is an own-voice story.

“A story of mother and son, of love, of finding your place in an unfamiliar country, of the power of libraries and books and the need to welcome all those who travel to a new place and who dream with love.”

Check out the author reading their book here.

Check out the author talking about writing the book here.

TAGS: Immigration

Literacy Professor Anne Peel suggested Mama's Nightingale because...

It is an own-voice text that explores what it is like for a child to be separated from a parent because the parent does not have “the right papers.” The story of the harm and violence caused by punitive immigration systems to one Haitian family is particularly powerful right now.

Check out the author speaking about writing here.

TAGS: Immigration, detention, Haiti