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Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Tommy Wieringa traces two stories doomed to collide. In one, he follows a group of starving, near-feral Eurasian refugees on a harrowing quest for survival; in the other, he follows Pontus Beg, a policeman from a small border town on the steppe, as he investigates the death of a rabbi, one of the town's two remaining Jews.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2024 - Young Adults
Arab American Heritage Month - Young Adults
Middle East Book Award - Youth Chapter & Nonfiction
Arab American Heritage Month - Young Adults
Middle East Book Award - Youth Chapter & Nonfiction
Description
Growing up as a teenager in Amman, Jordan, in the 1980s and 90s, Mufleh knew enough to keep her sexuality a secret. If discovered, her conservative religious community wouldn't hesitate to kill her; she fears her family would cast her out. She made the tough decision to apply for asylum in the United States while attending college, causing her family to break ties with her when she refused to return home. In her memoir, Mufleh shows how she forged...
43) The good lie
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
They were known simply as "The Lost Boys." Orphaned by the brutal civil war in Sudan that began in 1983, these young victims traveled as many as a thousand miles on foot in search of safety. Fifteen years later, a humanitarian effort would bring 3,600 lost boys and girls to America.
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Series
Language
English
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Millions of people are displaced each year by war, persecution, and famine and the global refugee population continues to grow. Canada has often been regarded as a benevolent country, welcoming refugees from around the globe. However, refugees have encountered varying kinds of reception in Canada. Finding Refuge in Canada: Narratives of Dislocation is a collection of personal narratives about the refugee experience in Canada. It includes critical...
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Series
Language
English
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"How do refugees differ from immigrants? Why do they leave their country, and what do they hope to find in a new place? These questions and more are answered as readers are given an in-depth look at refugees and their struggle to build a better life. This important topic is addressed using accessible text, enlightening fact boxes, full-color photographs and helpful graphic organizers. The relatable tone presents this issue to readers without condescension,...
48) The journey
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
What's 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.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The long-awaited new work from the best-selling author of The Invisible Bridge takes us back to occupied Europe in this gripping historical novel based on the true story of Varian Fry's extraordinary attempt to save the work, and the lives, of Jewish artists fleeing the Holocaust In 1940, Varian Fry--a Harvard educated American journalist--traveled to Marseille carrying three thousand dollars and a list of imperiled artists and writers he hoped...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The dramatic, real-life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China's 1949 Communist Revolution--a precursor to the struggles faced by emigrants today. Shanghai has historically been China's jewel, its richest, most modern and westernized city. The bustling metropolis was home to sophisticated intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and a thriving middle class when Mao's proletarian revolution emerged victorious...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This story follows a little boy and his family who are displaced from their home after war breaks out in their country. He and his family see their home fall apart and have no options but to travel to a new country. They are welcomed by a little girl and her family and together they look towards a bright future in a new place.
Author
Series
Butterfly Hill volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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4th Grade Rocks
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Tween Titles
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Tween Titles
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
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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
Language
English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2023 - Children
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Children
Women's History - Children
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Children
Women's History - Children
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"A ... true story of a young girl who has never known life outside a refugee camp and a father determined to help her dream beyond the fences that confine them"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"A former Afghan refugee who is newly arrived in Prince Edward Island, Ali spends the morning picking blackberries with his Nana and reminiscing about his home in Afghanistan and the mulberry tree there. He remembers the day the soldiers came and the family's nighttime flight. When Ali sees a bluebird, his Nana tells him to wish on it. He wishes to go home, but in the end learns that home is not a place; it is his family staying together."--
56) Americanah
Author
Language
English
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Black History Month
Coming to America: The Immigrant Experience
Know Your Neighbor: Cultivating Communities of Compassion
Coming to America: The Immigrant Experience
Know Your Neighbor: Cultivating Communities of Compassion
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"A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected"--
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"Malala Yousafzai introduces some of the people behind the statistics and news stories we read or hear every day about the millions of people displaced worldwide. Malala's experiences visiting refugee camps caused her to reconsider her own displacement-- first as an Internally Displaced Person when she was a young child in Pakistan, and then as an international activist who could travel anywhere in the world except to the home she loved. In We Are...
59) Goodbye, Vietnam
Author
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Mai and her family embark on a dangerous sea voyage from Vietnam to Hong Kong to escape the unpredictable and often brutal Vietnamese government.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Brown Album is a stirring collection of essays, at times humorous and at times profound, drawn from more than a decade of Khakpour's work. Altogether, it reveals the tolls that immigrant life in this country can take on a person and the joys that life can give."-- Provided by publisher.
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