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]]

A famous musician meets the long lost friend who inspired his first hit song. He now must take a look inside of himself and decide whether he should face his past, and risking losing him forever, or ignore it to return things to how they were.

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Not every person you meet is a criminal. This is my story, and I want to voice my opinions on why I believe calling people immigrants is wrong. Throughout history, many people moved from their homeland to ensure their safety. To build a new life, to gain a helping hand. Not every person has the same intention. I grew up in Leicester and London, and I learnt a lot. There is so much friction between what people have been taught to believe, and what is real. I hate the word immigrant. People are more than just their skin colour, every person has something within their soul to bring into the world. I have also seen Morocco and Spain, two very beautiful countries. I hope you find this book of use to you. Maybe, it will change your perspective. :)

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In 1905, Małgorzata Ośiecka is the privileged daughter of a Polish count living in Russian-controlled Lutsk. Raised in comfort despite her nation's loss of independence, she never imagines that revolution will shatter the world she knows. When political unrest strips her family of their wealth and forces them to flee their homeland, Małgorzata is thrust into a life of hardship far removed from the aristocratic upbringing she once took for granted. After immigrating to America, tragedy follows the Ośiecki family at every turn. Faced with poverty, discrimination, and devastating personal losses, Małgorzata must rebuild her life while struggling to preserve her identity in a country that views her as an outsider. Seeking a fresh start in the American West, she encounters Red Falcon, a young Blackfoot man whose people have endured many of the same injustices that her own family experienced. As their friendship deepens into something more, Małgorzata must choose between the expectations of her family and society or the future she wishes to create for herself. Spanning two continents and a period of profound social change, this historical novel is a story of displacement, resilience, identity, and the search for belonging in a world transformed by revolution and prejudice.

The day Ethan Bennett loses his family's five-million-yuan redevelopment payout to his older sister is the day he finally understands a brutal truth: no matter how much he gives, he will always come last. So Ethan walks away. He quits the job he fought for, leaves home, and flies to Sydney determined to build a life that belongs to him alone. Instead, he lands in a city full of scams, dead ends, and backbreaking work. His savings disappear. His body breaks down over endless hours in a restaurant kitchen. And every bad choice seems ready to prove his family right. But Ethan refuses to stay powerless. From washing dishes in the middle of the night to spotting the flaws in a failing business, he begins clawing his way upward with the one thing no one ever managed to take from him-his grit. When a powerful investor notices his hunger and offers him a chance most people would kill for, Ethan steps into a world where every decision carries a price. Now he's no longer fighting just to survive. He's building something of his own-and the family that abandoned him may soon learn exactly what they threw away.

Beautiful experience, sad moments and unforgettable pains...crying 😢 💔

Moving across the world from Thailand to Italy was supposed to be Yada's chance to start over. On her first day at a new school, she's ready to leave the past behind, until she meets Valen, a boy who looks at her like she's someone he'll never forget. As Yada adjusts to her new life and becomes friends with Linnea, she's haunted by strange flashes of memories she can't explain. The closer she gets to Valen, the more she begins to question everything she thought she knew about her past. Told through emotional flashbacks and unforgettable twists, this heartbreaking romance is a story about first love, lost memories, and discovering that some people are impossible to forget, even when your mind already has.

Some people are places. Safe places. Familiar places. Places that feel like home. And sometimes, without realizing it, you become one for each other.

Anthony cheated death, escaped his mafia family, and is taking shelter in Husk's restaurant. This would be a normal love story if it weren't for Husk's teenage daughter: Marie. And that she's convinced Anthony is her soulmate. Watch as two queer, adult men try and handle a teenage delusional girl's wildest fantasies. Prewritten! Updates on Monday evenings ;)

People always ask where I'm from. I never know which answer they want. Born and raised in Rotterdam, I've spent my entire life trying to fit into a place that sometimes reminds me I don't. Between quiet prejudices, family expectations, friendships, and the weight of an identity everyone seems determined to define for me, I'm still searching for one simple thing: A place where I don't have to explain myself. This isn't just a love story. It's a story about belonging, about growing up between worlds, about the things people assume when they look at you-and the things they never bother to ask. Maybe home isn't a place. Maybe it's the people who finally see you.

*"This story is inspired by true events. Some names, places, and conversations have been changed. The emotions, however, remain exactly as they were."* People think borders are lines drawn on maps. They're wrong. The hardest borders are the invisible ones between cultures and identities, between expectations and dreams, between the person the world sees and the one you're still trying to become. When nineteen-year-old **Lavin**, a German university student from an Assyrian and Kurdish family, begins her first year at university, she expects nothing more than lectures, exams, and the occasional sleepless night. Instead, she finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew about belonging. As the academic year unfolds, chance encounters grow into life-changing friendships, ordinary conversations become unforgettable memories, and hidden truths begin to surface. Together, they navigate the complexities of identity, family, financial struggles, discrimination, and the quiet search for a place to call home. **The Children Between Borders** is a coming-of-age novel about the generation raised between countries, languages, and expectations. Because sometimes, the longest journey isn't crossing a border. It's discovering where you truly belong.

Shortly after the death of her father, Miriam is offered a job as Italian language teacher in a Canadian High School. Longing to start her new life, she immediately conquers the trust and confidence of her students. She is involuntarily involved in the investigation about a crime: the father of one of her best students is accused of the murder of a colleague in the company managed by the father of another student. The investigation is led by the homicide detective Jason Grant, a reserved man with a dramatic past.

À vingt-cinq ans, elle pensait avoir encore le temps de construire sa vie. Pourtant, elle se retrouve épuisée par des combats qu'elle n'avait jamais choisis. Entre les blessures familiales, la solitude, l'immigration, les rêves abandonnés et les questions sans réponses, elle cherche encore sa place dans ce monde. Elle se sent étrangère partout, parfois même dans son propre cœur. Mais derrière la fatigue et les larmes, il reste une petite lumière : l'espoir de se reconstruire, de retrouver sa valeur et de croire à nouveau en son avenir. Une histoire vraie, profonde et humaine sur la survie, la foi et le courage de continuer quand tout semble impossible.

On Lagos Island in the late 1970s, a young Yoruba couple moves into a tightly knit family compound where privacy is forbidden and secrets never stay buried. Then their baby is born, and the child looks nothing like either parent or anyone in the large extended family. What follows is a decades-long storm of suspicion, betrayal, tradition, and hidden truths that threatens to destroy an entire family.

Xochitl is eighteen and tired of passivity following her mother's arrest for assuming a human identity due to alien inequality, after having lost communication she learns her mother is exploited for her healing powers in a military facility. Worse yet, she's implicated in the death of a commander. Desperate to save her, Xo prepares to take action, collaborating with her best friend Liam and professor Dr. Mendez on countless blueprints to engineer her mother's escape. However, as she delves deeper into her mission, Xo uncovers hidden truths about herself, unlocking latent abilities and grappling with her identity. Determined to reunite with her mother, she confronts the sinister forces plotting against them, all while navigating the complexities of her evolving emotions and powers.

This is Ben O'Malley's backstory about growing up as an immigrant in NYC in the 1930s, and his struggle to find friends throughout his life. Ben is one of the MCs of my work-in-progress WW2 novel, Scars of Freedom.

Globetrotter Ingrid gets a fabulous fresh start when her job takes her to Melbourne, Australia. Here she meets wise and sweet Oliver, who makes her forget she doesn't have a heart. This successful stability prompts Ingrid to accept an invitation to her high school's ten-year reunion and face down her childhood demons. Old habits are hard to kill, though, and a shocking death in her rundown home village puts her new life on the line. Torn between her commitment to Oliver and the lure of a charismatic bad boy, Ingrid finds herself at a dangerous crossroads. It's all or nothing, and she never wants to go back to nothing. *** Content warning: This story contains mature content and deals with or references the following themes - alcohol abuse, childhood abuse, suicidal thoughts, sexual assault. Reader discretion is advised. *** Gorgeous cover by @lxcksmith