Immigrant Stories

WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION. It only takes one moment to change your life forever . . . After her mother's deportation last year, all Soledad "Sol" Gutierrez wants is for her life to go back to normal. Everything's changed-new apartment, new school, new family dynamic-and Sol desperately wants to fit in. When she joins her community college's history club, it comes with an odd initiation process: break into Westray's oldest house and steal . . . a fork? There's just one problem: while the owners of the house aren't home, their grandson Ethan is, and when he catches Sol with her hand in the kitchen drawer, she barely escapes with the fork intact. This one chance encounter irrevocably alters her life, and Sol soon learns that sometimes fitting in isn't as important as being yourself-even if that's the hardest thing she's ever had to do.

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION When her initiation into her college's History Club goes awry, Sol has to come face to face with Ethan-the cute guy whose house she just broke into. ***** Soledad Gutierrez, or Sol to her friends, decides to join the History Club at her Community college. However, this club is not like other clubs: they have an initiation process and a slew of other 'extracurricular activities.' In order to join the club, Sol must break into the oldest house in her small Californian town and steal one of their forks. The club members provide all the materials to break in; she just needs to take the utensil, take a selfie in the kitchen, and get out undetected-with the fork, of course. The problem is: Ethan Winston spots Sol in his grandparent's house, and he's determined to uncover the reason behind the break-in. However, both he and Sol are thrown for a loop when feelings begin to develop between them. And as Ethan becomes suspicious of the History Club, he and Sol get tangled in an adventure none of them were expecting. [[word count: 90,000-100,000 words]] [[Wattys 2019 Winner for Young Adult + Being Published by Wattpad Books in Fall 2020]]

At thirty-nine, Lia leaves behind a past that tried to define her before she could define herself. In a foreign city that knows nothing about her history, she works as a kindergarten teacher by day and quietly builds a future by night. While the world sees a calm immigrant woman with a gentle accent, Lia carries ambition, doubt, resilience, and a silent promise to herself: she will not merely survive - she will shape her own tomorrow. A story about identity, second chances, and the courage it takes to begin again.

This essay examines the concept of - otherness. in relation to immigrants and how societies historically respond to cultural outsiders. Using the decline of the Roman Empire as a historical case, it explores how migration, political instability, and perceptions of foreign groups contributed to tensions within Roman society. The paper then compares these dynamics with modern debates about immigration and nationalism in Europe and the United States. By highlighting both similarities and important differences, the essay argues that the fall of the Western Roman Empire cannot be explained by migration alone, but rather by a complex interaction of economic, political, and social factors. Understanding these historical patterns provides perspective on contemporary discussions about identity, integration, and national stability.

In the distant year of 1895, Estela arrives in New York from Italy, stepping into a whole new world waiting to be discovered. Between classes, unexpected friendships, and dreams yet to be fulfilled, Leam becomes her greatest support-- and perhaps something more. But as their hearts grow closer, secrets, misunderstandings, and the daily struggle to survive will put their feelings to the test. Will they find the courage to follow their hearts before it's too late?

Left Behind is a haunting journey through the corridors of childhood trauma and the bittersweet ache of migration. When the doors of the past slam shut, who is left on the platform, and who is trapped on the moving train? Also available in Persian/Farsi.

Earth has fallen. When the planet crosses its final climate tipping point, temperatures rise, crops fail, and billions are forced onto the move. Diplomacy gives way to ultimatums, then to war. From unassuming laboratories to streets drowning in heat and hunger, a fractured world stumbles toward its final reckoning. As famine and conflict spread, international order dissolves into violence and blame, and armies march north through ruins chasing a future that no longer exists. Yet amid the despair, a radical plan takes shape to move a fragment of humanity to the red sands of Mars. As Earth burns and the heavens fill with refugees, one truth becomes unavoidable: the future belongs only to those willing to sacrifice everything. In the chaos of the apocalypse, a new kind of security service is needed to enforce order where nations have failed. From the ashes of Old Earth, the Sunguard rises. Scorched Earth is a sweeping hard-science epic about collapse, survival, and the cost of choosing a future when the present is already lost.

Dominique Bélanger n'a jamais quitté Château-Thierry. Dans une ville où tout le monde se connaît, elle a toujours été la fille de quelqu'un, la petite amie de quelqu'un, celle sur qui on peut compter. Mais jamais vraiment elle-même. Quand une trahison brise tout ce qu'elle croyait stable, Dominique prend une décision qu'elle n'aurait jamais osé imaginer : tout quitter. Direction New York. Entre une nouvelle langue, une école de cuisine exigeante et une ville qui ne l'attend pas, Dominique doute, trébuche... puis découvre quelque chose d'inattendu : Elle est faite pour ça. Et peut-être que, parfois, il faut tout perdre pour enfin se trouver.

The fall and the fire.

A funny, painful love letter to London and all its outsiders. London is full of dreamers. It just doesn't have time for all of them. When Dušan, a queer Slovak filmmaker, moves to London, he believes talent and hard work will be enough. Instead, he finds himself navigating dead-end jobs, mispronounced names, awkward dates, diversity forms that don't really include him, and a city that welcomes everyone, on paper. Other White is a sharp, self-aware comedy-drama about being visible but overlooked, included but not quite wanted. About trying to "make it" while quietly disappearing. About love, ambition, class, immigration, and the strange comfort of anonymity. The term Other White is a classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom to describe white persons who are not of the English, Welsh, Scottish, Romani or Irish ethnic groupings.

Is moral really important in a difficult situation? Would you kill somebody just to save more? Maybe the sin isn't the blood on your hands, but the dirt under your nails that never washed off. Because you never showed any kind of regret into killing your own child. Do motherly instincts even exist if you've abandoned someone you once loved?

I have a habit of holding back. Truly, it's irritating. Even to me. I am a shameless advocate for speaking up, yet I find myself conveniently at a loss for words when the time comes for me to use my own voice to speak up for myself. Even when I'm writing, I find myself erasing paragraph after paragraph of heartfelt words that I feel guilty for having strung together into sentences - almost as though my thoughts and my feelings are a burden, even to a blank document on a computer that holds access to a million pages, both empty and occupied. I am trying, hard, to change. I recognize that my main reason for this struggle is that I don't think what I have to say is important. So maybe this is me trying to prove myself wrong. Maybe this is me hoping that I am wrong. Either way, here I am, experimenting. Do you care?

Quotes that mean a lot to me, they are about life, perseverance, inspiration, and so much more! A lot of them, if not most of them are going to be made by me. The ones that I feel connected to, by other writers, I'll drop those too!

Leo: Between Two Worlds In the ancient streets of Odessa, Leo Moroz learned early that life is a battlefield of choices. Raised on stories of courage, honor, and destiny, he believes that every moment hides a lesson and every encounter can change the course of a life. But the world beyond his home calls to him - a world of ambition, opportunity, and unknown futures waiting across the ocean. As love, loyalty, and dreams begin to collide, Leo finds himself standing between two worlds - the past that shaped him and the future that could transform him forever.Some journeys change your life.Others reveal who you truly are.

The story of Romeo and Juliet set in the modern era.

Omar isn't having it easy in life, actually he never has. Born from two struggling immigrant parents it's fair to say for him nothing is fair. And 1980s New York certainly isn't giving. And that cursed phone call which spins his newly forming world counterclockwise on it's axis. Carter has spent most of his life paying for the sins of others, and that heart wrenching promise won't be the only thing holding him back. Leo feels his guilt is a living thing and he knows it has been there ever since he watched his brother fall to his death. Finding redemption within himself was difficult enough, now he has to balance a resentful father.

"We are all in this together." The claim was heard, read, sung and repeated many times during the COVID-19 Pandemic. But how together were we? In this book, I will try and put together the stories of real people from many places around the world into poems I've written during the Pandemic. I am happy to share this with you all, and I hope it inspires you, helping in any way poetry can help. Thanks for reading! Daniel.

Don't cringe, it's my first time writing. FL immigrated into ancient china, her younger sister basically stole her fiancé,then her fiancé, the Prince, broke off the engagement between them and got engaged with her sister. Then the ML, the Prince's uncle, got engaged with the FL. So yeah the FL basically became her ex-fiancé auntie. ENJOY MFS Also, SHOUT OUT TO CARLYN FOR THE COVER

It's the 1950s, North Korea has started a war with South Korea, you and your family have been informed that your father has been murdered and the killer was planning to get you and your family too. You move to Colombia to start a new life but you meet a family there and meet a certain boy, you start growing a connection to him. Will you simply be friends or more than friends...? (Note: I will use they/them pronouns and I will use (Name) instead of Y/N, I will use historical events based on the time period, the characters will speak their native language, I'll be using Google Translate so some sentences will be a little wonky.) (This is also my first Wattpad story so please do remind me if I make any grammatical errors 🥲)

A heart touching poem about the illegal immigration of women.