Teen Immigrant Voices
Teen Fiction
Simone Breaks All the Rules
by Debbie Rigaud

At seventeen Simone Thibodeaux is fed up with her over-protective mother's insistance on micro-managing her life, like picking her prom date from a "nice" Haitian immigrant family, and anyway she is determined to attend with Gavin Stackhouse (even if he does not know that yet); so together with her fellow late-bloomer friends Simone comes up with a bucket list of rule-breaking (like cutting classes, and sneaking out of the house)--but soon things get complicated, and Simone has to decide which rules are worth breaking, and which should just be left alone
Lobizona
by Romina Garber

When her mother is arrested by ICE, sixteen-year-old Argentinian Manu--who thinks she is hiding in a Miami apartment because she is an undocumented immigrant--discovers that her entire existence is illegal.
Illegal
by Eoin Colfer

Setting out to join his brother and sister in Europe, Ebo leaves Ghana, traveling through the Sahara Desert and dangerous streets of Tripoli before braving the merciless sea.
Lucy and Linh
by Alice Pung

A smart but insecure girl gets the chance to escape her suburban life when she is given a scholarship to a prestigious school, where she gains entry into a clique alongside a girl who is tired of being eclipsed by her own false popularity.
If I Tell You The Truth
by Jasmin Kaur

Kiran flees her home in Punjab for a fresh start in Canada after a sexual assault leaves her pregnant with a daughter, Sahaara, but when Sahaara learns the truth about Kiran's past, she feels compelled to seek justice, even if it means challenging a powerful and dangerous man.
The field guide to the North American teenager
by Ben Philippe

Uprooted from his native Montreal to Austin, Texas, a black French-Canadian teen navigates the joys and clichés of the American high school experience, including falling in love, before challenging himself to accept friendship into his life. A first novel. 
The Sun Is Also A Star
by Nicola Yoon

A scientifically minded girl who avoids relationships to help keep her family from being deported and a dutiful student who endeavors to live up to his parents' high expectations unexpectedly fall in love and must determine which path they will choose in order to be together. 
Zara Hossain is here
by Sabina Khan

Enduring racism when her Pakistani family moves to Texas, 17-year-old Zara resolves to keep her head low while her family awaits green-card approval, before a bullying classmate vandalizes her home, leading to a crime that puts Zara’s entire future at risk. Simultaneous eBook.
Love in English
by Maria E. Andreu

Feeling blocked after moving from Argentina to New Jersey, a 16-year-old poet finds herself torn between a cute American boy in her math class and a Greek student who understands the struggles she is facing in an ESL class. 150,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
In the key of Nira Ghani
by Natasha Deen

A Guyanese girl must find the balance between her parents' 'old world' expectations and traditions while pursuing her dream of being a great trumpeter in this contemporary, coming-of-age story.
Teen Nonfiction
Finding Home : The Journey of Immigrants and Refugees
by Jen Sookfong Lee

Discover how human migration has shaped our world. Explore its origins and the current issues facing immigrants and refugees today, and hear the first-hand stories of people who have moved across the globe looking for safety, security and happiness.
We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults
by Susan Kuklin

Documents the stories of nine undocumented immigrants to the United States, fleeing violence and seeking freedom, detailing how each youth left their homelands to start a new life in America.
Call Me American: The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant
by Abdi Nor Iftin

Adapted from the adult memoir, an intimate portrait of modern immigration describes how the author’s family was forced by war to leave their home in Somalia before he received an opportunity to win the annual U.S. visa lottery. 
Carry On: Poetry by Young Immigrants
by Simon Boulerice

The award-winning illustrator of The Big Monster Who Loved Reading Too Much presents an #OwnVoices collection that pairs expressive portraits with poems by immigrant newcomers to Canada who reflect on the experiences of leaving behind loved ones and adapting to a new culture.