🇦🇺 Australian Immigration

Stories of arrival and adaptation in Australia, exploring the hopes, dislocations, and cultural negotiations of those who make the country their new home.

The Happiest Refugee

by Anh Do • 2010

Fleeing Vietnam as a toddler, facing pirates and storms, he became Australia's most joyful newcomer.

4.25

18k+

🛶 Refugee Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🧱 Family Resilience

The Happiest Refugee 89%

Fleeing Vietnam as a toddler, facing pirates and storms, he became Australia's most joyful newcomer.

by Anh Do 2010

4.25

18k+ ratings

🛶 Refugee Memoir 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🧱 Family Resilience

A Nation by Design

by Aristide R. Zolberg • 2006

America's open-border myth hides a centuries-long project of population engineering.

3.82

🛂 Immigration Policy 🏛️ American Political Development 🚧 Border Enforcement History

A Nation by Design 88%

America's open-border myth hides a centuries-long project of population engineering.

by Aristide R. Zolberg 2006

3.82

55 ratings

🛂 Immigration Policy 🏛️ American Political Development 🚧 Border Enforcement History

In a Sunburned Country

by Bill Bryson • 2000

24 rabbits became 300 million. Bill Bryson crosses Australia, dodging lethal seashells.

4.07

123k+

🇦🇺 Australian Travel 😂 Humor Travel 🐍 Deadly Wildlife

In a Sunburned Country 88%

24 rabbits became 300 million. Bill Bryson crosses Australia, dodging lethal seashells.

by Bill Bryson 2000

4.07

123k+ ratings

🇦🇺 Australian Travel 😂 Humor Travel 🐍 Deadly Wildlife

Mexifornia

by Victor Davis Hanson • 2003

California's crisis: what cheap labor, open borders, and multicultural denial produce.

3.93

760

🌎 Undocumented Immigration 🗣️ Assimilation Debates 📚 Critique Of Multiculturalism

Mexifornia 88%

California's crisis: what cheap labor, open borders, and multicultural denial produce.

by Victor Davis Hanson 2003

3.93

760 ratings

🌎 Undocumented Immigration 🗣️ Assimilation Debates 📚 Critique Of Multiculturalism

How Migration Really Works

by Hein de Haas • 2023

Migration hasn't surged in sixty years. Nearly everything politicians say about it is backwards.

4.35

3k+

🔬 Migration Studies 💼 Labor Economics 🌱 Development Economics

How Migration Really Works 88%

Migration hasn't surged in sixty years. Nearly everything politicians say about it is backwards.

by Hein de Haas 2023

4.35

3k+ ratings

🔬 Migration Studies 💼 Labor Economics 🌱 Development Economics

Americanized

by Sara Saedi • 2018

She thought she was American. Her sister's confession at thirteen proved otherwise.

3.91

3k+

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🪪 Cultural Identity

Americanized 88%

She thought she was American. Her sister's confession at thirteen proved otherwise.

by Sara Saedi 2018

3.91

3k+ ratings

🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🪪 Cultural Identity

The Diversity Illusion

by Ed West • 2012

Three million newcomers, zero economic gain. The real cost: a society that stopped trusting.

4.04

226

🏛️ Immigration Policy 🇬🇧 British Politics 🤝 Social Capital

The Diversity Illusion 88%

Three million newcomers, zero economic gain. The real cost: a society that stopped trusting.

by Ed West 2012

4.04

226 ratings

🏛️ Immigration Policy 🇬🇧 British Politics 🤝 Social Capital

Making Americans

by Desmond King • 2000

How a century of immigration quotas and eugenics built whiteness into the definition of American.

3.17

🛂 Immigration Policy 🇺🇸 American Nationalism 🧬 Racial Formation

Making Americans 88%

How a century of immigration quotas and eugenics built whiteness into the definition of American.

by Desmond King 2000

3.17

12 ratings

🛂 Immigration Policy 🇺🇸 American Nationalism 🧬 Racial Formation

Undoing Border Imperialism

by Harsha Walia • 2013

Borders create the displacement they pretend to prevent, then turn survivors into cheap labor.

4.51

525

🚫 Border Abolition ✊ Migrant Justice 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

Undoing Border Imperialism 88%

Borders create the displacement they pretend to prevent, then turn survivors into cheap labor.

by Harsha Walia 2013

4.51

525 ratings

🚫 Border Abolition ✊ Migrant Justice 🏚️ Settler Colonialism

"They Take Our Jobs!"

by Aviva Chomsky • 2007

We blame immigrants for problems that trade deals and colonial extraction actually created.

4.06

623

📋 Immigration Policy 🚧 Border Militarization 🌍 Global Inequality

"They Take Our Jobs!" 87%

We blame immigrants for problems that trade deals and colonial extraction actually created.

by Aviva Chomsky 2007

4.06

623 ratings

📋 Immigration Policy 🚧 Border Militarization 🌍 Global Inequality

In the Sea There are Crocodiles

by Fabio Geda • 2010

Abandoned for his own safety, a ten-year-old Afghan boy crosses continents alone in search of home.

4.01

15k+

📖 Refugee Memoir 👦 Child Refugee ⛓️ Human Trafficking

In the Sea There are Crocodiles 87%

Abandoned for his own safety, a ten-year-old Afghan boy crosses continents alone in search of home.

by Fabio Geda 2010

4.01

15k+ ratings

📖 Refugee Memoir 👦 Child Refugee ⛓️ Human Trafficking

Enrique's Journey

by Sonia Nazario • 2005

A boy crosses Mexico atop freight trains, chasing the mother who left when he was five.

3.88

17k+

🌍 Immigration Stories 🌎 Central America 👦 Child Migration

Enrique's Journey 87%

A boy crosses Mexico atop freight trains, chasing the mother who left when he was five.

by Sonia Nazario 2005

3.88

17k+ ratings

🌍 Immigration Stories 🌎 Central America 👦 Child Migration

The Songlines

by Bruce Chatwin • 1987

The Australian Outback is sung, not surveyed: each verse a landmark, and the song holds the law.

3.96

13k+

🎨 Aboriginal Australia 📚 Travel Literature 🐪 Nomadism

The Songlines 87%

The Australian Outback is sung, not surveyed: each verse a landmark, and the song holds the law.

by Bruce Chatwin 1987

3.96

13k+ ratings

🎨 Aboriginal Australia 📚 Travel Literature 🐪 Nomadism

A Long Way Home

by Saroo Brierley • 2013

Lost as a boy in India, Saroo Brierley spent years searching for home with Google Earth.

4.12

68k+

📖 Adoption Memoir 🔍 Search For Identity 🧒 Childhood Survival

A Long Way Home 87%

Lost as a boy in India, Saroo Brierley spent years searching for home with Google Earth.

by Saroo Brierley 2013

4.12

68k+ ratings

📖 Adoption Memoir 🔍 Search For Identity 🧒 Childhood Survival

We Were Dreamers

by Simu Liu • 2022

Fired from accounting, he answered a Craigslist ad for Asian extras. Today he's Shang-Chi.

4.33

31k+

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🎬 Actor Memoir 🎯 Parental Expectations

We Were Dreamers 87%

Fired from accounting, he answered a Craigslist ad for Asian extras. Today he's Shang-Chi.

by Simu Liu 2022

4.33

31k+ ratings

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🎬 Actor Memoir 🎯 Parental Expectations

Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany by Rogers Brubaker

by Rogers Brubaker • 1992

France grants citizenship by birth; Germany by blood. Two centuries of nationhood, not policy.

3.68

🏳️ National Identity 📜 Citizenship Studies 🏛️ French Republicanism

Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany by Rogers Brubaker Summary

Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany by Rogers Brubaker 87%

France grants citizenship by birth; Germany by blood. Two centuries of nationhood, not policy.

by Rogers Brubaker 1992

3.68

84 ratings

🏳️ National Identity 📜 Citizenship Studies 🏛️ French Republicanism

The Guarded Gate

by Daniel Okrent • 2019

How elite pseudoscience shut America's gates, locked out a generation, and inspired the Nazis.

4.05

896

🛂 Immigration Policy ⚗️ American Eugenics 📏 Scientific Racism

The Guarded Gate 87%

How elite pseudoscience shut America's gates, locked out a generation, and inspired the Nazis.

by Daniel Okrent 2019

4.05

896 ratings

🛂 Immigration Policy ⚗️ American Eugenics 📏 Scientific Racism

The Fatal Shore

by Robert Hughes • 1986

Britain exiled its criminals to the far side of the earth. The accident that became Australia.

4.09

11k+

🏝️ Penal Colonies 🇦🇺 Australian History 📖 Narrative History

The Fatal Shore 87%

Britain exiled its criminals to the far side of the earth. The accident that became Australia.

by Robert Hughes 1986

4.09

11k+ ratings

🏝️ Penal Colonies 🇦🇺 Australian History 📖 Narrative History

Working Toward Whiteness

by David R. Roediger • 2005

Southern and Eastern Europeans were not white when they arrived. The journey that changed that.

3.83

370

🧳 Immigration History 👥 Whiteness Studies 🏭 Racialized Labor

Working Toward Whiteness 87%

Southern and Eastern Europeans were not white when they arrived. The journey that changed that.

by David R. Roediger 2005

3.83

370 ratings

🧳 Immigration History 👥 Whiteness Studies 🏭 Racialized Labor

The Strange Death of Europe

by Douglas Murray • 2017

Europe is being remade through mass immigration, paralyzed by a guilt that forbids honest debate.

4.15

13k+

🛂 Immigration Policy 🇪🇺 European Identity 🚢 Mass Migration

The Strange Death of Europe 87%

Europe is being remade through mass immigration, paralyzed by a guilt that forbids honest debate.

by Douglas Murray 2017

4.15

13k+ ratings

🛂 Immigration Policy 🇪🇺 European Identity 🚢 Mass Migration

Tupaia

by Joan Druett • 2010

The navigator who made Cook's Pacific voyage possible spent two centuries erased from the story.

4.25

201

🗺️ Pacific Exploration 🌊 Polynesian Wayfinding ⛵ Age Of Sail

Tupaia 87%

The navigator who made Cook's Pacific voyage possible spent two centuries erased from the story.

by Joan Druett 2010

4.25

201 ratings

🗺️ Pacific Exploration 🌊 Polynesian Wayfinding ⛵ Age Of Sail

Dark Emu

by Bruce Pascoe • 2014

Early reports found Aboriginal farms and dams; the hunter-gatherer label was a colonial lie.

4.27

16k+

🌱 Indigenous Agriculture 🏞️ Pre-Colonial Australia 🔥 Fire Ecology

Dark Emu 87%

Early reports found Aboriginal farms and dams; the hunter-gatherer label was a colonial lie.

by Bruce Pascoe 2014

4.27

16k+ ratings

🌱 Indigenous Agriculture 🏞️ Pre-Colonial Australia 🔥 Fire Ecology

Solito

by Javier Zamora • 2022

A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.

4.48

81k+

📖 Immigration Memoir 🌎 Central American Diaspora 🚶 Border Crossing

Solito 87%

A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.

by Javier Zamora 2022

4.48

81k+ ratings

📖 Immigration Memoir 🌎 Central American Diaspora 🚶 Border Crossing

Whiteness of a Different Color

by Matthew Frye Jacobson • 1998

The Irish, Jews, and Italians were not white until politics, law, and war made them so.

4.03

732

🏳️ Whiteness Studies 🧳 Immigration History ⚖️ Critical Race Theory

Whiteness of a Different Color 87%

The Irish, Jews, and Italians were not white until politics, law, and war made them so.

by Matthew Frye Jacobson 1998

4.03

732 ratings

🏳️ Whiteness Studies 🧳 Immigration History ⚖️ Critical Race Theory

The Great Demographic Illusion

by Richard Alba • 2020

One census rule invents a white minority. The reality: mixed-race America expands the mainstream.

4.03

🧬 Mixed Race Identity 📊 Census Politics 🔄 Assimilation Theory

The Great Demographic Illusion 87%

One census rule invents a white minority. The reality: mixed-race America expands the mainstream.

by Richard Alba 2020

4.03

38 ratings

🧬 Mixed Race Identity 📊 Census Politics 🔄 Assimilation Theory

Parenting with an Accent

by Masha Rumer • 2021

Parenting advice assumes a shared culture. Immigrant families must invent their own playbook.

4.21

129

🧳 Immigrant Families 🌍 Cross-Cultural Parenting 🎭 Cultural Identity

Parenting with an Accent 87%

Parenting advice assumes a shared culture. Immigrant families must invent their own playbook.

by Masha Rumer 2021

4.21

129 ratings

🧳 Immigrant Families 🌍 Cross-Cultural Parenting 🎭 Cultural Identity

Ethnic Boundary Making

by Andreas Wimmer • 2012

Ethnic boundaries are built, not inherited. Who draws the lines, and how they get enforced.

3.55

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Ethnicity 📐 Boundary Theory 🚧 Social Closure

Ethnic Boundary Making 87%

Ethnic boundaries are built, not inherited. Who draws the lines, and how they get enforced.

by Andreas Wimmer 2012

3.55

22 ratings

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Race And Ethnicity 📐 Boundary Theory 🚧 Social Closure

White Borders

by Reece Jones • 2021

Immigration law was never about fairness. From the founding, its purpose was keeping America white.

4.20

140

📋 Immigration Policy 🚫 American Nativism 🚧 Racial Exclusion

White Borders 87%

Immigration law was never about fairness. From the founding, its purpose was keeping America white.

by Reece Jones 2021

4.20

140 ratings

📋 Immigration Policy 🚫 American Nativism 🚧 Racial Exclusion

The Good Immigrant

by Nikesh Shukla • 2019

Twenty-six writers on the price of conditional belonging in America.

4.24

2k+

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🚧 Systemic Racism 🚪 Conditional Belonging

The Good Immigrant 86%

Twenty-six writers on the price of conditional belonging in America.

by Nikesh Shukla 2019

4.24

2k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🚧 Systemic Racism 🚪 Conditional Belonging

Orphan Bachelors

by Fae Myenne Ng • 2023

One family, one false name, and the century of silence the Chinese Exclusion Act demanded.

3.91

238

🧧 Immigration Memoir 🏮 Chinese American History 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

Orphan Bachelors 86%

One family, one false name, and the century of silence the Chinese Exclusion Act demanded.

by Fae Myenne Ng 2023

3.91

238 ratings

🧧 Immigration Memoir 🏮 Chinese American History 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

Escape from Saddam

by Lewis Alsamari • 2007

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

4.05

270

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

Escape from Saddam 86%

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

by Lewis Alsamari 2007

4.05

270 ratings

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration

The Invisible Coup

by Peter Schweizer • 2026

Mass migration is not a crisis. It's a weapon, and its architects say so on camera.

4.39

981

🛂 Immigration Policy 🔐 National Security 🕵️ Foreign Interference

The Invisible Coup 86%

Mass migration is not a crisis. It's a weapon, and its architects say so on camera.

by Peter Schweizer 2026

4.39

981 ratings

🛂 Immigration Policy 🔐 National Security 🕵️ Foreign Interference

A Different Mirror

by Ronald Takaki • 1993

The standard American story is a white invention. The real one includes the people it erased.

4.18

5k+

🌍 Multicultural History 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Race In America 🧳 Immigrant Experiences

A Different Mirror 86%

The standard American story is a white invention. The real one includes the people it erased.

by Ronald Takaki 1993

4.18

5k+ ratings

🌍 Multicultural History 🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Race In America 🧳 Immigrant Experiences

The Latehomecomer

by Kao Kalia Yang • 2008

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

4.18

9k+

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory

The Latehomecomer 86%

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

by Kao Kalia Yang 2008

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory

The White Girl

by Tony Birch • 2019

The state wants her light-skinned granddaughter. Her grandmother will break the law to keep her.

4.08

7k+

🖤 Stolen Generations 🎭 Passing As White 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

The White Girl 86%

The state wants her light-skinned granddaughter. Her grandmother will break the law to keep her.

by Tony Birch 2019

4.08

7k+ ratings

🖤 Stolen Generations 🎭 Passing As White 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

Civic Ideals

by Rogers M. Smith • 1997

America's citizenship wasn't just about freedom; it was built on racial and gender hierarchy.

4.12

🏛️ Constitutional History ⚖️ Race And The Law 📘 Critical Race Theory

Civic Ideals 86%

America's citizenship wasn't just about freedom; it was built on racial and gender hierarchy.

by Rogers M. Smith 1997

4.12

42 ratings

🏛️ Constitutional History ⚖️ Race And The Law 📘 Critical Race Theory

Cooper's Creek

by Alan Moorehead • 1963

A starving party staggered into base, only to find their companions had left nine hours earlier.

3.83

537

🇦🇺 Australian Exploration 🏜️ Outback Australia 💀 Expedition Disasters

Cooper's Creek 86%

A starving party staggered into base, only to find their companions had left nine hours earlier.

by Alan Moorehead 1963

3.83

537 ratings

🇦🇺 Australian Exploration 🏜️ Outback Australia 💀 Expedition Disasters

Là où je me terre

by Caroline Dawson • 2020

A refugee child in Montreal trades her language and her lunch for a chance to belong.

4.36

11k+

🌍 Immigrant Coming Of Age 🎭 Assimilation Pressure 💞 Mother Daughter Bond

Là où je me terre 86%

A refugee child in Montreal trades her language and her lunch for a chance to belong.

by Caroline Dawson 2020

4.36

11k+ ratings

🌍 Immigrant Coming Of Age 🎭 Assimilation Pressure 💞 Mother Daughter Bond

Crime & Punishment

by Russell Marks • 2015

Prison punishes disadvantage, not crime. The alternatives that reduce reoffending work elsewhere.

4.08

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 🇦🇺 Australian Politics 🤝 Restorative Justice

Crime & Punishment 86%

Prison punishes disadvantage, not crime. The alternatives that reduce reoffending work elsewhere.

by Russell Marks 2015

4.08

49 ratings

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 🇦🇺 Australian Politics 🤝 Restorative Justice

Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict

by Andreas Wimmer • 1998

Citizenship, welfare, equality: modernity's promises were always reserved for ethnic insiders.

3.83

🏛️ Nation-State Formation ⚔️ Ethnic Conflict 📊 Comparative Politics

Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict Summary

Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict 86%

Citizenship, welfare, equality: modernity's promises were always reserved for ethnic insiders.

by Andreas Wimmer 1998

3.83

12 ratings

🏛️ Nation-State Formation ⚔️ Ethnic Conflict 📊 Comparative Politics

Funny in Farsi

by Firoozeh Dumas • 2003

A seven-year-old Iranian girl moves to California. Disneyland awes her. Hostages change everything.

3.84

28k+

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🌏 Culture Shock

Funny in Farsi 86%

A seven-year-old Iranian girl moves to California. Disneyland awes her. Hostages change everything.

by Firoozeh Dumas 2003

3.84

28k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇷 Iranian Diaspora 🌏 Culture Shock

The Great Escape

by Saket Soni • 2023

Trapped in a US labor camp, hundreds of Indian men escaped, then began a 1,500-mile march.

4.50

980

⛓️ Labor Trafficking 🚨 Immigration Enforcement ✊ Labor Organizing

The Great Escape 86%

Trapped in a US labor camp, hundreds of Indian men escaped, then began a 1,500-mile march.

by Saket Soni 2023

4.50

980 ratings

⛓️ Labor Trafficking 🚨 Immigration Enforcement ✊ Labor Organizing

Tracks

by Robyn Davidson • 1980

Four camels, a dog, 1700 miles of Australian desert. What solitude cost, and what it gave back.

3.93

18k+

🏜️ Desert Expeditions 🎒 Solo Travel 🦘 Australian Outback

Tracks 86%

Four camels, a dog, 1700 miles of Australian desert. What solitude cost, and what it gave back.

by Robyn Davidson 1980

3.93

18k+ ratings

🏜️ Desert Expeditions 🎒 Solo Travel 🦘 Australian Outback

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter

by Scaachi Koul • 2017

Online trolls, body hair, Indian wedding: a daughter of immigrants learns where her fight belongs.

3.72

14k+

🌏 South Asian Diaspora 🧳 Immigrant Families ✊ Modern Feminism

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter Summary

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter 86%

Online trolls, body hair, Indian wedding: a daughter of immigrants learns where her fight belongs.

by Scaachi Koul 2017

3.72

14k+ ratings

🌏 South Asian Diaspora 🧳 Immigrant Families ✊ Modern Feminism

The Lonely Londoners

by Sam Selvon • 1956

Moses Aloetta guides West Indian newcomers through a London of fog, poverty, and quiet exclusion.

3.70

14k+

🛳️ Windrush Generation 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🏙️ Postwar London

The Lonely Londoners 86%

Moses Aloetta guides West Indian newcomers through a London of fog, poverty, and quiet exclusion.

by Sam Selvon 1956

3.70

14k+ ratings

🛳️ Windrush Generation 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🏙️ Postwar London

The Catalpa Rescue

by Peter FitzSimons • 2019

Six Irish prisoners, one American whaler, and a flag that dared the British Empire to fire.

4.30

644

🇮🇪 Irish Rebellion 🇦🇺 Penal Colony Escapes 🔓 Prison Breaks

The Catalpa Rescue 86%

Six Irish prisoners, one American whaler, and a flag that dared the British Empire to fire.

by Peter FitzSimons 2019

4.30

644 ratings

🇮🇪 Irish Rebellion 🇦🇺 Penal Colony Escapes 🔓 Prison Breaks

The Making of Exile

by Nandita Bhavnani • 2014

Sindh's Hindus did not flee a massacre. They were eroded out of their homeland.

4.17

145

📜 Partition Histories 🧳 Forced Migration ⚔️ Communal Violence

The Making of Exile 86%

Sindh's Hindus did not flee a massacre. They were eroded out of their homeland.

by Nandita Bhavnani 2014

4.17

145 ratings

📜 Partition Histories 🧳 Forced Migration ⚔️ Communal Violence

The Undocumented Americans

by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio • 2020

After 9/11, undocumented workers cleaned the rubble. Then they were forgotten and the poison stayed.

4.37

28k+

🗽 Undocumented Immigration ✍️ Immigrant Memoir 🏥 Healthcare Inequality

The Undocumented Americans 86%

After 9/11, undocumented workers cleaned the rubble. Then they were forgotten and the poison stayed.

by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio 2020

4.37

28k+ ratings

🗽 Undocumented Immigration ✍️ Immigrant Memoir 🏥 Healthcare Inequality

The Edge of Lost

by Kristina McMorris • 2015

A stolen name, a stranger's letter: an Irish orphan crosses an ocean to find his father.

4.06

19k+

📚 Immigrant Family Saga 🏠 Found Family ⚔️ Brotherly Rivalry

The Edge of Lost 86%

A stolen name, a stranger's letter: an Irish orphan crosses an ocean to find his father.

by Kristina McMorris 2015

4.06

19k+ ratings

📚 Immigrant Family Saga 🏠 Found Family ⚔️ Brotherly Rivalry

The Distance Between Us

by Reyna Grande • 2012

Left behind, a girl survives on hunger, hope, and a dream of crossing the border.

4.37

18k+

🛂 Immigrant Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 👫 Sibling Bonds

The Distance Between Us 86%

Left behind, a girl survives on hunger, hope, and a dream of crossing the border.

by Reyna Grande 2012

4.37

18k+ ratings

🛂 Immigrant Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 👫 Sibling Bonds

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