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2) Caged
Author
Publication Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A young Hmong girl has never been outside the camp she lives in with her parents and thousands of other families. Most days, she spends her time playing with her cousins and pretending they can fly above the clouds and far away from here. When her family’s papers are finally approved, she’s uncertain if she’s ready to leave everything—and everyone—she’s ever known behind. But on the day she leaves, her favorite...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Every day, more and more people fleeing war in the north show up at Kyung Tak and her family's house on the southeastern shore of Korea. With nowhere else to go, the Taks' home is these migrants' last chance of refuge "before falling into the sea," and the household quickly becomes crowded, hot, and noisy. Then war sirens cry out over Kyung's city too, and her family and their guests take shelter underground. When the sirens stop, Kyung is upset--she...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Publication Date
2025.
Physical Desc
280 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Have you ever jumped on a book? Perhaps not. Most people would think it was a rather unusual thing to do. Ten-year-old Mayowa has always thought that her Grandpa Edward, who dyes his beard emerald green and jumps on books in private, is rather unusual too. Until one day she jumps on a book for herself, and uncovers a huge family secret Mayowa can book jump. By jumping on a book, she can harness the emotions inside it and channel them directly into...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date
2014
Physical Desc
308 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"After her tribal village is attacked by militants, Amira, a young Sudanese girl, must flee to safety at a refugee camp, where she finds hope and the chance to pursue an education in the form of a single red pencil and the friendship and encouragement of a wise elder"-- Provided by publisher.
6) The stranded
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Publication Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
450 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to the Arcadia. Once a luxurious cruise ship, it became a refugee camp after being driven from Europe by an apocalyptic war. Now it floats near the coastline of the Federated States--a leftover piece of a fractured USA. For forty years, residents of the Arcadia have been prohibited from making landfall. It is a world of extreme haves and have-nots, gangs and make-shift shelters. Esther is a loyal citizen, working flat-out to have the rare...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Liberated from Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in 1945, sixteen-year-old Gerta tries to make a new life for herself, aided by Lev, a fellow survivor, and Michah, who helps Jews reach Palestine.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Celebrating the power of human connection, while encouraging empathy and acts of generosity, this story follows two refugee brothers as they journey to a sheltering beach where they are welcomed by fellow survivors.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the early 1990s, a boy with a mysterious past and the woman who cares for him endure a five-year journey across the war-torn Caucasus and Europe, weathering hardships and welcoming unforgettable encounters with other refugees searching for a better life.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sent with her younger brother to Godønd to live with her aunt and grandfather after Germans bomb Norway in 1940, ten-year-old Marit longs to join her parents in the Resistance and when her aunt, a teacher, is taken away two years later, she resents even more the Nazis' presence and her grandfather's refusal to oppose them. Includes historical facts and glossary.
11) The peanut man
Author
Publisher
Margaret Quinlin Books/Peachtree
Publication Date
[2025]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Cuban refugee Coqui warmly recalls the friendly peanut salesman from her Havana neighborhood when she encounters a vendor at a baseball game in Atlanta.
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Amidst the upheaval of war, a young girl and her family leave their homeland and face the challenges of adapting to a new life in a foreign land, but find comfort in a star-shaped cardboard lamp reminiscent of the one they cherished back home.
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Spanning over five hundred years, a novel telling the stories of four girls from different generations of a Jewish family, many of them forced to leave their country and start a new life"-- Provided by publisher.
14) Shooting Kabul
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
c2010
Physical Desc
262 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Escaping from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in the summer of 2001, eleven-year-old Fadi and his family immigrate to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Fadi schemes to return to the Pakistani refugee camp where his little sister was accidentally left behind.
15) The here and now
Author
Publication Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Prenna, an immigrant who moved to New York when she was twelve, came from another time and she and the other travelers must follow strict rules to avoid destroying the new life they have worked so hard to get, as well as the one person Prenna is desperate to protect.
16) In the tunnel
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Publication Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old Myung-gi flees North Korea with his family during the height of the devastating Korean War, beginning an epic struggle for survival that pushes them to the brink.
17) The journey
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Publication Date
2016.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
What is it like to have to leave everything behind and travel many miles to somewhere unfamiliar and strange? A mother and her two children set out on such a journey; one filled with fear of the unknown, but also great hope. Based on the author's interactions with people forced to seek a new home, and told from the perspective of a young child.
Author
Publisher
New Frontier Publishing Europe Ltd
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Starting out in a new place is tough, but friendship, kindness and imagination help Salim, Mama and Donkey discover their new world. In this stunning picture book, by award-winning creators--Vikki Conley and Martina Heiduczek--we journey with Salim as he grows up, creating a new life around him. This is a story about a journey, hope and creating fun with the little that you have"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
During the coldest season, when the world feels scary -- what do you remember about being warm? Baked potatoes. Trust. A kettle on the stove. Blankets. A smile. And, most of all, the reassurance that you belong. In his powerful and moving poem, featuring illustrations from thirteen extraordinary artists, bestselling author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Neil Gaiman draws together many different memories to answer the question, 'what do you need to...
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
2018.
Physical Desc
71 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
As a group of refugees huddles together in a rubber dinghy, one of them uses his violin to weave their stories together and give them hope for freedom in the future.

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