Finding Kurdistan: A Kurdish Iranian American’s Journey Home
Finding Kurdistan: A Kurdish Iranian American’s Journey Home By Hawreh Haddadi ISBN-13: 978-1726869621 Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | Worldcat Description In his high school, he’s a regular teenager with a funny name (“Like Hip Hip Hawreh” he tells bewildered teachers). At home, he’s part of a family of Iranian immigrants, Kurds who fled the dangers of the middle east when Hawreh was a toddler. Finding Kurdistan is the story of the Haddadi’s visit to Iran in 2010, and Hawreh’s awakening to the rich culture and history of his family and the culture shock of leaving behind his...
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Mohammed’s Journey: A Refugee Diary By Anthony Robinson and Annemarie Young Illustrated by June Allan Published by Frances Lincoln Children’s Books “As students begin to study the reality of our world and the plight of refugees, this title is useful for its perspective.” –School Library Journal Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N Description Mohammed was born in Kirkuk – the Kurdish part of Iraq. He speaks Kurdish, and now English too. Saddam Hussein persecuted Mohammed’s people long before he was born but Mohammed’s journey started in...
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Meltem’s Journey: A Refugee Diary By Anthony Robinson Illustrated by June Allan Published by Frances Lincoln Children’s Books “Starkly realistic and eye-opening, if emotionally difficult.” –Kirkus Reviews “The book succeeds in its encouragement of understanding and empathy for Meltem and other refugee children.” –Books for Keeps Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N Description This fourth book in the Refugee Diary series follows a Kurdish family from Eastern Turkey. 13 year old Meltem tells the story of their journey to the UK, and the...
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No Safe Place By Deborah Ellis Published by Groundwood Books “Orphans of the world and victims of human trafficking need all the press they can get, and this book does a great job of introducing the topic and allowing young people to see beyond the headlines of ‘Another illegal accidentally dies in Chunnel.’ ” —Meredith Toumayan, School Library Journal Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N Description Orphaned and plagued with the grief of losing everyone he loves, 15-year-old Abdul has made a long, fraught journey from his war-torn home in Baghdad, only to end...
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