Independent Reading Suggested Books for Return to Sender
See our Independent Reading for Elementary Students Teacher Tool for guidance on how to use the suggested texts below.
Additional Texts by the Author
- The Secret Footprints by Julia Alvarez (890L)
- Tia Lola Stories series by Julia Alvarez (810-850L)
Fiction Texts with Connecting Topics and Themes
- Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
- The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Informational Texts to Build Content Knowledge
- A Kids Book About Empathy by Daron K. Roberts
- A Kids Book About Immigration by MJ Calderon
- National Geographic Countries of the World: Mexico by Beth Gruber (1180L) **
- The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jiménez (860L)
Texts with Connecting Topics and Themes
- Becoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz Ryan (830L) *
- Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan (750L)
- My Name Is María Isabel by Alma Flor Ada (860L)
- Sylvia & Aki by Winifred Conkling (760L)
- The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye (700L)
- What the Moon Saw by Laura Resau (750L) **
* lower Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
** higher Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
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