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Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Smuggled out of Nigeria after their mother's murder, Sade and her younger brother are abandoned in London when their uncle fails to meet them at the airport and they are fearful of their new surroundings and of what may have happened to their journalist father back in Nigeria.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Twelve-year-old Jaime makes the treacherous journey from his home in Guatemala to his older brother in New Mexico after his cousin is murdered by a drug cartel"--
4) The stranded
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Aboard the Arcadia, which was once a luxurious sea vessel but now a refugee camp after an apocalyptic war, loyal citizen Esther and rebel Nik are thrown together by events that change their lives and the lives of everyone on the ship forever"--
Author
Publisher
Red Deer Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the real life experiences of a Sudanese boy, follows Jacob Akech Deng's journey as he flees his home under the threat of war, and, guided by the memory of his mother, tries to survive in a refugee camp.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After the upheaval of the Vietnam War reaches them, twelve-year-old Kia and her Hmong family flee from the mountains of Laos to a refugee camp in Thailand and eventually to the alien world of Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
During the 2001 Afghan War, the lives of Najmal, a young refugee from Kunduz, Afghanistan, and Nusrat, an American-Muslim teacher who is awaiting her husband's return from Mazar-i-Sharif, intersect at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan.
8) Tree Girl
Author
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When, protected by the branches of one of the trees she loves to climb, Gabriela witnesses the destruction of her Mayan village and the murder of nearly all its inhabitants, she vows never to climb again until, after she and her traumatised sister find safety in a Mexican refugee camp, she realizes that only by climbing and facing their fears can she and her sister hope to have a future.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In this powerful story of empathy, resilience, and the universal need for home and safety, a young refugee must find the courage to venture outside to set a beautiful butterfly free after her brother brings it in from the outside.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Pip, a young boy who can speak to fish, and his sister Kinchen set off on a great adventure, joined by twins with magical powers, refugees fleeing post-war Vietnam, and some helpful sea monsters"--
11) The journey
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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 her interactions with people forced to seek a new home, and told from the perspective of a young child, Francesca Sanna has created a beautiful and sensitive book that is full of significance for our time."-- Provided...
12) Boy, everywhere
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Sami loves his life in Damascus, Syria, but when war breaks out his parents decide they must flee their home for the safety of the UK.
13) Wishes
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"In this spare, poetic picture book based on author Muon Van's family history and told through a series of wishes, a family packs up everything they own and embarks on a perilous oceanic voyage toward a better life"--
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Zahra hugs her cherished teddy bear and prays that Ramadan will bring her a longed-for sister. When her bear subsequently goes missing, Zahra finds herself grappling with intense feelings of loss. Over the next few weeks, as she volunteers with her mother at a local shelter for asylum seekers, Zahra befriends a displaced child, resulting in a newfound sense of gratitude and an unexpected Ramadan blessing.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When Nadia arrives in Canada in 1950 with Marusia, the woman she calls mother, she is glad to finally be out of the displaced persons camp where she has lived for five years, but troubled by confused memories of World War II; she speaks Ukrainian, but she seems to remember living with a German Nazi family who called her by a different name--and as she tries to settle into the Canadian-Ukrainian community of Brantford she is haunted by one question:...
Author
Publisher
POW!
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A young refugee living in America learns to see herself as beautiful, in spite of physical and emotional scars from her troubled homeland, thanks to a gifted teacher. Spectacularly Beautiful tells the story of Shahad, a refugee who has moved to a new country and started at a new school with her new teacher, Ms. Truong. Shahad comes to school every day with perfectly braided hair tied in ribbons. But her hair can't hide the scars on her face and leg...
17) Marwan's journey
Author
Publisher
Minedition published by Michael Neugebauer Publishing, Ltd
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"One night they came ... The darkness grew colder, deeper, darker, and swallowed up everything ... Marwan is a young boy on a journey he never intended to take, bound for a place he doesn't know. On his journey, he relies on courage and memories of his faraway homeland to buoy him. With him are hundreds and thousands of other human beings, crossing the deserts and the seas, fleeing war and hunger in search of safety. He must take one step after another--bringing...
Author
Publisher
Edelvives
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Español
Description
A boy, living in the desert, draws pictures of the sea in the sand because he doesn't have any colored pencils or paper.
"El abuelo dice que el mar es azul. Yo nunca lo he visto. Pero lo he dibujado en la arena. Mi mar no es azul. Es del mismo color que las cabras y los camellos: del color de la arena. Dice también el abuelo que el día que yo vea el mar, podré pintarlo de azul, y que ese día seremos libres." --From publisher's desciption.
19) The war below
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
The Nazis took Luka from his home in Ukraine and forced him into a labor camp. Now, Luka has smuggled himself out -- even though he left behind his dearest friend, Lida. Someday, he vows, he'll find her again. But first, he must survive. Racing through the woods and mountains, Luka evades capture by both Nazis and Soviet agents. Then he meets up with an underground army whose members are fighting Nazis and Soviets alike. But the desperate rescues...
Author
Publisher
Cuento de Luz
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When Zoe is forced to flee from the city where she was born to another country because of the war, she makes a map of good memories to take with her.
"In The Map of Good Memories, a young girl takes time to remember her home before her and her family must flee their war-torn city. Zoe had lived in the city since she was born. She knew every building, every park, every corner of the city. When the war broke out, Zoe, like many others, had to say...
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