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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"From the internationally bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, a love story that unfolds in a world being irrevocably transformed by migration. In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet--sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, thrust into premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it...
2) Refugee
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Formats
Description
Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Description
"As World War II draws to a close, refugees try to escape the war's final dangers, only to find themselves aboard a ship with a target on its hull"-- Provided by publisher.
World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia, and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom. When their paths converge in route to the ship that promises salvation, Joana, Emilia, and Florian find their strength, courage, and trust in one another tested...
5) The journey
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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...
Author
Series
Glittering Court volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 19
Description
When she gains entry into the Glittering Court, war refugee Mira continues to endure persecution while learning skills that help her earn anonymity, forging friendships that inspire her to hatch a daring but dangerous plan.
7) I am David
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Description
After escaping from an Eastern European concentration camp where he has spent most of his life, a twelve-year-old boy struggles to cope with an entirely strange world as he flees northward to freedom in Denmark.
Author
Series
Publisher
David Fickling Books/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Malik and his grandfather are trying to flee a war-torn country on the last ship waiting at the port for those who can escape--but when the ship leaves only Malik is aboard, and he will need all his courage to survive in a new country.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
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"-- Provided by publisher.
10) Fish
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Description
As fighting closes in on the village where Tiger's parents have been working, the three of them and a mysterious guide set out on a difficult journey to safety.
11) The red pencil
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
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.
13) Lily's crossing
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
During a summer spent at Rockaway Beach in 1944, Lily's friendship with a young Hungarian refugee causes her to see the war and her own world differently.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Description
When her beloved country, Chile, is taken over by a militaristic, sadistic government, Celeste is sent to America for her safety and her parents must go into hiding before they "disappear."
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023].
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
Series
Pub. Date
2022
Description
Old Natalia, during the declining years of Whitson Mariner and the rise of tyrannical dragons and their master, Namoz Dragonking. Rabbitkind faces extinction, and Prince Lander must follow his aging father to the last desperate edge of hope. A possible future is glimpsed dimly through a veil of darkness and death. This will not be a safe ending. Blood calls. Oathbreakers attack.
Allies fracture. Legends end.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
The fishermen on Lesvos call her Kanella because of her cinnamon color. She's a scrawny, nervous stray - easily intimidated by the harbor cats and the other dogs that compete for handouts on the pier.
One spring day a dinghy filled with weary, desperate strangers comes to shore. Other boats follow, laden with refugees who are homeless and hungry. Kanella knows what that is like, and she follows them as they are taken to a makeshift refugee camp in...
Author
Publisher
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
After being denied permission to join her husband in America, an Iraqi refugee is trapped in Cairo during the aftermath of the 2011 revolution and must rely on a foolhardy attorney with feelings for her and a not entirely legal plan to get her out.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
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 huband's return from Mazar-i-Sharif, intersect at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan.
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