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5) Homesick
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Ron and the other animals decide to have a fiesta to help Ron's cousin, a tree frog from the rainforest of Costa Rico, feel less homesick.
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Growing up in Pakistan, Maria Latif has been bounced between reluctant relatives for as long as she can remember--first because of her parents' constant travel, and then because of their deaths. Maria has always been a difficult child, and it never takes long for her guardians to tire of her. So when old friends of her parents offer to "give her a better life" in the United States, Maria is shipped to a host family across the world. When Maria arrives...
10) The sea pony
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Nine-year-old Charlie and her horse befriend a boy and his pony, who have just moved to the island where she lives but are homesick for Iceland.
12) Jakarta missing
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When her sister, star-athlete Jakarta, finally joins them, Dakar feels much safer and happier in Cottonwood, North Dakota, where she and their parents are living for a year, but she still longs for their home in Africa.
13) King of the Sky
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When a young boy moves from his home in Italy to Wales, the only thing that cheers him up are the racing pigeons that Mr. Evans keeps in a loft behind his house.
14) The crossroads
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Jaime, twelve, and Angela, fifteen, discover what it means to be living as undocumented immigrants in the United States, while news from home gets increasingly worse.
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Children's Books About Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans, and Written by Puerto Ricans
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
Moving House: Books for Kids
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
Moving House: Books for Kids
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"When Ren moves to Ava's city, he feels lost without the green and magic of his home, but not everything in the city is what meets the eye and Ren discovers that nothing makes you feel at home quite like a friend"--
16) Elephant trunks
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While at summer camp, Eddie Elephant battles a full-blown case of homesickness but soon realizes that he is not alone in his feelings. Contains facts about elephants.
18) The away game
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While away in the state capital with Coach Ray and his Mustangs little league team, Rhino realizes that he is going to have to sleep in a hotel, away from home for the first time in his life, and he worries his nervousness will ruin his concentration on the big game.
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Homesick campers at Camp Creepy Lake go see Maude for help but suddenly they're all missing and no one knows where they've gone. Will, Chase, and Nelly work together to find them. But can they figure out what's going on in the Haunted Woods at Camp Creepy Lake?"--Back cover.