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24) Exit west
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In an unidentified country, young Saeed and burqa-wearing Nadia flee their home after Saeed's mother is killed by a stray bullet and their city turns increasingly dangerous due to worsening violent clashes between the government and guerillas. The couple joins other migrants traveling to safer havens via carefully guarded doors. Through one door, they wind up in a crowded camp on the Greek Island of Mykonos. Through another, they secure a private...
27) Story boat
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When a little girl and her younger brother are forced along with their family to flee the home they've always known, they must learn to make a new home for themselves."--Provided by publisher.
28) The day war came
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A moving, poetic narrative and child-friendly illustrations follow the heartbreaking, ultimately hopeful journey of a little girl who is forced to become a refugee."--Provided by publisher.
29) Cinnamon moon
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Historical fiction about two siblings and a friend trying to find a new family and a home after the Great Chicago Fire"--
30) Lily's crossing
Author
Pub. Date
1999, 1997.
Language
English
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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.
31) Cartas de Cuba
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
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Description
"La inspiradora historia de una joven judía que escapa de Polonia para rehacer su vida en Cuba, mientras trabaja para rescatar al resto de su familia. La situación se está poniendo terrible para los judíos en Polonia en vísperas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El padre de Esther ha huido a Cuba y ella es la primera en seguir sus pasos y reencontrarse con él en la isla. Vivir separada de su querida hermana es desgarrador, por lo que Esther promete...
35) Isabel's war
Author
Series
Lizzie Skurnick volume 16
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Isabel has no interest in the war in Europe until her family welcomes Helga, a German war refugee, into their home in the Bronx.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Bayou Perdu, a tiny fishing town way, way down in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, is home to sixteen-year-old Evangeline Riley. She has her best friends Kendra and Danielle; wise, beloved Mamere; and back-to-back titles in the under-sixteen fishing rodeo. But, dearest to her heart, she has the peace that comes only when she takes her skiff out to where there is nothing but sky and air and water and wings. It's a small life, but it is Evangeline's....
38) Like a dandelion
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"Like feathery seeds, a young girl and her mother take flight, putting down roots in an adopted country. Soon they blossom in their new home, strong and beautiful among hundreds of others just like them."--Provided by publisher.
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