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• Title:Finding home : the journey of immigrants and refugees / Jen Sookfong Lee ; illustrated by Drew Shannon.
  
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• Author/Creator:Lee, Jen Sookfong, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Shannon, Drew, 1988- illustrator.
  
• Published/Created:[Victoria, British Columbia] : Orca Book Publishers, 2021.
  ©2021
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: GN370 .L44 2021
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 On loan - Due on 05-01-2024
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Human beings--Migration--Juvenile literature.
  Emigration and immigration--Juvenile literature.
  Immigrants--Canada--Biography--Juvenile literature.
  Emigration and immigration.
  Immigrants.
  Human beings--Migration.
  
• Genre/Form:Informational works.
  Biographies.
  
• Description:113 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
  
• Series:Orca think.
  
• Summary:"What drives people to search for new homes? From war zones to politics, there are many reasons why people have always searched for a place to call home. In Finding Home: The Journey of Immigrants and Refugees we discover how human migration has shaped our world. We explore its origins and the current issues facing immigrants and refugees today, and we hear the first-hand stories of people who have moved across the globe looking for safety, security and happiness. Author Jen Sookfong Lee shares her personal experience of growing up as the child of immigrants and gives a human face to the realities of being an immigrant or refugee today." -- Amazon.com.
  "A look at how human migration has changed the world. Part of the nonfiction Orca Think series for middle-grade readers, with photographs and illustrations throughout."-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Additional formats:Issued also in electronic formats.
  
• Notes:"Edited by Sarah N. Harvey"--Title page verso.
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-109) and index.
  
• ISBN:9781459818996 (hardcover)
  1459818997 (hardcover)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. One History Of Human Migration
  Very Beginning
  Colonization and Its Impact on Migration
  Dark Side of Colonialism
  Early Immigration Policies
  What Is Decolonization?
  Profile: Gaby, Juan and Maya Gomez
  Profile: Mishal Saeed and Asia Capri
  Profile: Daniel Saiyo
  ch. Two Migration Today
  What Makes People Emigrate?
  Legal versus Illegal Migration
  Immigration and Diversity
  Profile: The Jaridi Family
  Profile: Nhung N. Tran-Davies
  ch. Three Racism And Hardship
  History of Anti-Immigration Policy
  Why Are People against Immigrants?
  Why Are People against Refugees?
  Profile: Ruquya Al-itbi
  Profile: Mariana Veiga
  Profile: Samer Muscati
  ch. Four Life In A New Country
  Challenges
  Benefits
  Immigrants and Refugees in the Spotlight
  Profile: Omar Akubar
  Profile: Ayelet Tsabari
  Profile: Danny Ramadan.