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- Emigration and immigration--Juvenile fiction
- Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne--Juvenile fiction
- Illegal immigration--Juvenile fiction
- Saint Lawrence River--Juvenile fiction
- Indigenous peoples--New York (State)--Juvenile fiction
- Noncitizens--Juvenile fiction
- Refugees--Burma--Juvenile fiction
- Rescues--Juvenile fiction
- Rohingya (Burmese people)--Juvenile fiction
- Indigenous reservations--Juvenile fiction
- Mohawk--Juvenile fiction
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| Title Statement | Border patrol / Joseph Bruchac. |
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| Author | Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- |
| Publication | New Rochelle, NY: Reycraft Books,2024. |
| Extent of Item | 228 pages |
| ISBN | 9781478887775 (trade paperback) |
| Other Number | pr07746947 |
| General Notes | Map on Inside cover. Simultaneously published in hardcover: New Rochelle, NY : Reycraft Books, 2024. |
| Audience & Ratings | 010-014. 5-9. |
| Summary | This first-person novel in verse follows Lily, a middle-grade Mohawk girl, who lives on the Akwesasne Mohawk Reservation which is divided between the United States and Canada. As readers learn about her daily life and the history of her people, Lily spots a child floating in the river. She races to rescue the girl only to learn that she is an illegal immigrant -- a refugee from Myanmar. How will Lily get the girl back to her family and undetected by the authorities? |
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| By Topic | Emigration and immigration--Juvenile fiction |
| Illegal immigration--Juvenile fiction | |
| Indigenous peoples--Juvenile fiction--New York (State) | |
| Noncitizens--Juvenile fiction | |
| Refugees--Juvenile fiction--Burma | |
| Rescues--Juvenile fiction | |
| Rohingya (Burmese people)--Juvenile fiction | |
| Indigenous reservations--Juvenile fiction | |
| Mohawk--Juvenile fiction | |
| By Location | Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne--Juvenile fiction |
| Saint Lawrence River--Juvenile fiction | |
| By Genre | Children's stories |
| Novels in verse | |
