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The Young Center Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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The Young Center is a champion for kids in an immigration system not designed to treat them as children, by helping ensure that their best interests come first.

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Book Cover for: Once I Was You: A Memoir, Maria Hinojosa

Once I Was You: A Memoir

Maria Hinojosa
The Young CenterThe Young Center

Additionally, all first-time donors of $100+ to our campaign will be gifted a signed copy of @Maria_Hinojosa's memoir for young readers “Once I Was You.” Donate at: https://t.co/z6zThmYUC0

Paperback, 2021

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Migrants: The Story of Us All, Sam Miller

Migrants: The Story of Us All

Sam Miller
The Young CenterThe Young Center

"Migrants" by journalist Sam Miller corrects our sedentary prejudices and offers a reflection on how -from the first fish that made it to land from the sea- migration is in our DNA. https://t.co/qkTuJJSO3c

Hardcover, 2023

$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings, Reyna Grande

Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings

Reyna Grande
The Young CenterThe Young Center

During this conversation, you can also enter to win a copy of Reyna's newest book "Somewhere We Are Human: Authentic Voices on Migration, Survival and New Beginnings" an anthology by and about undocumented Americans. Sign Up Here.👇 https://t.co/KZ0sMWuVNA

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Once I Was You -- Adapted for Young Readers: Finding My Voice and Passing the Mic, Maria Hinojosa

Once I Was You -- Adapted for Young Readers: Finding My Voice and Passing the Mic

Maria Hinojosa
The Young CenterThe Young Center

🤗We're also so excited and grateful to share that all first-time gifts of $100+ given to the Young Center on #GivingTuesday will be acknowledged with a signed copy of the new, Young Readers version of Maria's memoir: "Once I Was You Finding My Voice and Passing the Mic."

Hardcover, 2022

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us, Donald Trump

Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us

Donald Trump
The Young CenterThe Young Center

"For all his claims to the contrary, Biden has built on Donald Trump’s legacy of intensified crackdowns on asylum seekers and ignored mounting evidence of the physical and mental harms—including death—triggered by detention." Via @m_ines_taracena https://t.co/gLMMryELGj

Hardcover, 2019

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book