Syrian

After the Last Border

Posted by on Oct 23, 2020 in North America, Syrian, Syrian American, Theme: #OwnVoices, Theme: Bi-racial Identity, Theme: Community, Theme: Cultural Differences, Theme: Family Relationships, Theme: Family Separation, Theme: Fleeing Persecution, Theme: Human Rights, Theme: Immigration, Theme: Migrant Life, Theme: Racial Discrimination, Theme: Refugee Life, Theme: Religious Differences, Theme: Religious Persecution, Theme: Survival, Theme: Trauma, United States | Comments Off on After the Last Border

After the Last Border

After the Last Border By Jessica Goudeau Published by Penguin Publishing Group ISBN: 9780525559139 Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Goudeau’s sometimes heartbreaking narratives personalize the refugee crisis in ways cold news accounts cannot.”  —Library Journal Description The welcoming and acceptance of immigrants and refugees has been central to America’s identity for centuries–yet America has periodically turned its back at the times of greatest humanitarian need. After the Last Border is an intimate look at the lives of two women as...

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Salma the Syrian Chef

Posted by on May 17, 2020 in Ages 04 and up, Canada, Canadian, Egyptian, Indian, Jordanian, Lebanese, North America, Persian, Somali, Syrian, Theme: #OwnVoices, Theme: Community, Theme: Cross-Group Friendship, Theme: Cultural Differences, Theme: Cultural Identity, Theme: Cultural Traditions, Theme: Family Relationships, Theme: Family Separation, Theme: Immigration, Theme: LGBTQIA+, Theme: Refugee Life, Theme: Trauma, Venezuelan | Comments Off on Salma the Syrian Chef

Salma the Syrian Chef

Salma the Syrian Chef By Danny Ramadan Illustrated by Anna Bron Published by Annick Press, Limited ISBN-13: 9781773213750 Age Range: 4+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…Syrian-Canadian activist Ramadan writes with poetic immediacy about displacement, home, and family.”  —Publishers Weekly Description All Salma wants is to make her mama smile again. Between English classes, job interviews, and missing Papa back in Syria, Mama always seems busy or sad. A homemade Syrian meal might cheer her up, but Salma doesn’t know the recipe, or what to call the...

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Without Refuge

Posted by on Apr 4, 2020 in Ages 09 and up, Middle East, Syria, Syrian, Theme: Civil War, Theme: Fleeing Persecution, Theme: Immigration, Theme: Loss of Childhood, Theme: Refugee Life, Theme: Survival, Theme: Trauma | Comments Off on Without Refuge

Without Refuge

Without Refuge By Jane Mitchell Published by Lerner Publishing Group ISBN-13: 9781541500501 Age Range: 9+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “After narrowly surviving an airstrike, Ghalib suddenly finds himself being forced to join the Kurdish Protection Units or else risk his life fleeing to Europe.”  —Kirkus Reviews Description Thirteen-year-old Ghalib wishes his life could go back to normal. He wishes he could still hang out at the market with his friends, root for his favorite soccer team, even go to school. But civil war has destroyed his home. As...

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Welcome to Nowhere

Posted by on Apr 4, 2020 in Ages 09 and up, Middle East, Syria, Syrian, Theme: Civil War, Theme: Community, Theme: Family Relationships, Theme: Fleeing Persecution, Theme: Immigration, Theme: Refugee Life, Theme: Survival, Theme: Trauma | Comments Off on Welcome to Nowhere

Welcome to Nowhere

Welcome to Nowhere By Elizabeth Laird Published by Pan Macmillan ISBN-13: 9781509840472 Age Range: 9+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat …where do you go when you can’t go home? Description Twelve-year-old Omar and his brothers and sisters were born and raised in the beautiful and bustling city of Bosra, Syria. Omar doesn’t care about politics – all he wants is to grow up to become a successful businessman who will take the world by storm. But when his clever older brother, Musa, gets mixed up with some young political activists, everything...

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Team Fugee

Posted by on Apr 4, 2020 in Ages 09 and up, Canada, Nigerian, Nigerian American, North America, Syrian, Syrian American, Theme: Community, Theme: Cross-Group Friendship, Theme: Cultural Differences, Theme: Cultural Identity, Theme: Immigration, Theme: Refugee Life | Comments Off on Team Fugee

Team Fugee

Team Fugee By Dirk McLean Published by Lorimer & Company, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781459412057 Age Range: 9+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “The exceptional new series “Soccer United” explores the lives of soccer players who are refugees from around the world.”  —School Library Journal Description Two years after his birth parents disappeared from their home in Nigeria, newly adopted Ozzie moves to Canada. At his new school, Ozzie and the other Nigerian kids compete for time on the soccer field with a team of Syrian refugees—led by Victor. But then...

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Tournament Fugee

Posted by on Apr 4, 2020 in Ages 07 and up, Canada, Nigerian, Nigerian American, North America, Syrian, Syrian American, Theme: Community, Theme: Cross-Group Friendship, Theme: Cultural Differences, Theme: Cultural Identity, Theme: Identity, Theme: Immigration, Theme: Refugee Life | Comments Off on Tournament Fugee

Tournament Fugee

Tournament Fugee By Dirk McLean Published by James Lorimer & Company, Ltd., Publishers ISBN-13: 9781459412279 Age Range: 7+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “The exceptional new series “Soccer United” explores the lives of soccer players who are refugees from around the world.”  —School Library Journal Description A talented thirteen-year-old goalkeeper, Victor Bayazid, is asked to join and captain a soccer team, the GTA Gazelles, to compete in the “Thank You, Canada” tournament. The tournament brings together teams of Syrian...

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Other Words For Home

Posted by on Oct 23, 2019 in Ages 08 and up, Lebanese American, Middle East, Syria, Syrian, Syrian American, Theme: #OwnVoices, Theme: Bilingual Character, Theme: Building Futures, Theme: Civil War, Theme: Family Separation, Theme: Immigration, United States | Comments Off on Other Words For Home

Other Words For Home

Other Words For Home By Jasmine Warga Published by HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780062747808 Age Range: 8+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat Poetic, immersive, hopeful” —Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) Description Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives. At first, everything in America seems too fast and too loud. The American movies that Jude has always loved...

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Ink Knows No Borders

Posted by on Apr 12, 2019 in African (East), African (West), Ages 12 and up, Asian (East), Asian (South), Asian (West), Eastern European, Filipino, Guamanian, Guyanese, Korean, Mexican, Nigerian, North America, Russian, South American, Sudanese, Syrian, Theme: #OwnVoices, Theme: Bi-racial Identity, Theme: Celebration, Theme: Citizenship, Theme: Community, Theme: Deportation, Theme: Fleeing Persecution, Theme: Historical, Theme: Human Rights, Theme: Immigration, Theme: Migrant Life, Theme: Race, Theme: Refugee Life, Theme: Repression, Theme: Survival, Theme: War | Comments Off on Ink Knows No Borders

Ink Knows No Borders

Ink Knows No Borders By Alyssa Raymond & Patrice Vecchione Published by Seven Stories Press ISBN-13: 9781609809072 Age Range: 12+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “This symphony of poetry is a necessary series of bruises and balms that will comfort those who have endured, uplift those who continue to struggle, and educate others.”  —Kirkus Reviews Description This collection of sixty-four poems by poets who come from all over the world shares the experience of first- and second-generation young adult immigrants and refugees. Whether it’s cultural and...

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Educator’s Guide on Cross-Group Friendship & the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Posted by on Mar 12, 2019 in Ages 10 and up, Brussels, Engagement Projects, I'm Your Neighbor News, Middle East, Syrian, Theme: Bilingual Character, Theme: Civil War, Theme: Cross-Group Friendship, Theme: Cultural Differences, Theme: Education & Literacy, Theme: Family Death, Theme: Family Separation, Theme: Loss of Childhood, Theme: Separation & Reunion, Theme: Undocumented Immigration, Transfer | Comments Off on Educator’s Guide on Cross-Group Friendship & the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Educator’s Guide on Cross-Group Friendship & the Syrian Refugee Crisis

The I’m Your Neighbor team was honored to partner with Louise El Yaafouri of Refugee Classroom on an extensive guide to help you teach and share the acclaimed middle grade novel, Nowhere Boy. While visiting her family in Saida, Lebanon, Louise added ELL and Enrichment Modifications, Teaching Resources on the Syrian War, and more to the extensive classroom and reader discussion guide. Each of these resources are driven by the project’s guiding question, “If a global crisis is a collection of thousands of personal stories, what do we all gain from knowing those stories and...

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A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea

Posted by on Mar 8, 2019 in Ages 10 and up, Asian (West), Egpyt, Middle East, Syria, Syrian, Theme: #OwnVoices, Theme: Civil War, Theme: Immigration, Theme: Refugee Life, Theme: Survival, Theme: Trauma | Comments Off on A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea By Melissa Fleming Published by Flatiron Books ISBN: 9781250312068 Age Range: 10+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Doaa’s eye-opening story, as told by Melissa Fleming, represents the millions of unheard voices of refugees who risk everything in a desperate search for a safe future.” Description A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea tells the story of Doaa Al-Zamel, a Syrian girl whose life was upended in 2011 by her country’s brutal civil war. She and her family escape to Egypt, but life soon quickly becomes dangerous for...

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Sadia

Posted by on Jan 28, 2019 in Ages 12 and up, Canada, North America, Syrian, Syrian Canadian, Theme: Bi-racial Identity, Theme: Community, Theme: Cultural Differences, Theme: Cultural Identity, Theme: Cultural Traditions, Theme: Human Rights, Theme: Racial Discrimination, Theme: Refugee Life | Comments Off on Sadia

Sadia

Sadia By Colleen Nelson Published by Dundurn Press ISBN-13: 9781459740297 Age Range: 12+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Fifteen-year-old Sadi Ahmadi, a Muslim immigrant from Syria, learns that young voices can still be powerful in Nelson’s story about being loyal to one’s beliefs.”  —Publishers Weekly Description Fifteen-year-old Sadia Ahmadi is passionate about one thing: basketball. Her best friend Mariam, on the other hand, wants to get noticed by the popular crowd and has started de-jabbing, removing her hijab, at school every morning. Sadia’s mom...

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The Boy At the Back of the Class

Posted by on Dec 17, 2018 in Ages 08 and up, Syrian, Theme: Civil War, Theme: Community, Theme: Cross-Group Friendship, Theme: Family Separation, Theme: Immigration, Theme: Refugee Life | Comments Off on The Boy At the Back of the Class

The Boy At the Back of the Class

The Boy At the Back of the Class By Onjali Q. Rauf Published by Random House Children’s Books ISBN-13: 9781984850782 Age Range: 8+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…should be required reading for all teens hoping to be empathetic and engaged world citizens.” —School Library Journal Description There used to be an empty chair at the back of Mrs. Khan’s classroom, but on the third Tuesday of the school year a new kid fills it: nine-year-old Ahmet, a Syrian refugee. The whole class is curious about this new boy–he doesn’t seem to...

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Sea Prayer

Posted by on Dec 17, 2018 in Ages 10 and up, Asian (West), Syria, Syrian, Theme: Civil War, Theme: Community, Theme: Family Relationships, Theme: Historical, Theme: Immigration, Theme: Loss of Childhood, Theme: Refugee Life, Theme: Survival, Theme: Trauma | Comments Off on Sea Prayer

Sea Prayer

Sea Prayer By Khaled Hosseini Published by Penguin Publishing Group ISBN-13: 9780525539094 Age Range: 10+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “It is impossible to read without feeling intense compassion for those—and there are thousands—whose lives resemble those of the characters in the book.” —Kirkus Reviews Description A short, powerful, illustrated book written by beloved novelist Khaled Hosseini in response to the current refugee crisis, Sea Prayer is composed in the form of a letter, from a father to his son, on the eve of their journey. Watching over...

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Zenobia

Posted by on Nov 30, 2018 in Ages 10 and up, Asian (West), Syria, Syrian, Theme: Civil War, Theme: Family Death, Theme: Family Separation, Theme: Loss of Childhood, Theme: Refugee Life, Theme: Survival, Theme: Trauma | Comments Off on Zenobia

Zenobia

Zenobia By Morten Durr Illustrated by Lars Horneman Published by Seven Stories Press ISBN: 9781609808730 Age Range: 10+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Graphic storytelling at its most powerful.”  —Kirkus Reviews Description Zenobia was once a great warrior queen of Syria whose reign reached from Egypt to Turkey. She was courageous. No one gave her orders. Once she even went to war against the emperor of Rome. When things feel overwhelming for Amina, her mother reminds her to think of Zenobia and be strong. Amina is a Syrian girl caught up in a war that...

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Me and My Fear

Posted by on Nov 26, 2018 in Ages 03 and up, Syrian, Theme: Community, Theme: Cross-Group Friendship, Theme: Cultural Differences, Theme: Identity, Theme: Immigration, Theme: Refugee Life | Comments Off on Me and My Fear

Me and My Fear

Me and My Fear By Francesca Sanna Published by Nobrow Ltd. ISBN: 9781911171539 Age Range: 3+ A companion to The Journey. Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…this book about an immigrant’s experiences tackles a tough topic with honesty, empathy, and a sense of hopefulness.”  —School Library Journal Description When a young immigrant girl has to travel to a new country and start at a new school, she is accompanied by her Fear who tells her to be alone and afraid, growing bigger and bigger every day with questions like “how can you hope to...

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Nowhere Boy

Posted by on Nov 22, 2018 in Ages 10 and up, Belgium, Middle East, Moroccan, Syrian, Theme: Civil War, Theme: Deportation, Theme: Detention, Theme: Education & Literacy, Theme: Family Death, Theme: Family Separation, Theme: Immigration, Theme: Multicultural Friendship, Theme: Refugee Life, Theme: Separation & Reunion, Theme: Undocumented Immigration | Comments Off on Nowhere Boy

Nowhere Boy

Nowhere Boy By Katherine Marsh Published by Roaring Brook Press ISBN: 9781250307576 Age Range: 10+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…well-crafted and suspenseful novel touches on the topics of refugees and immigrant integration, terrorism, Islam, Islamophobia, and the Syrian war with sensitivity and grace.” —Kirkus Reviews Description Nowhere Boy is a timely, poignant tale of family, sacrifice and the friendship between a young Syrian refugee and an American boy living in Brussels. Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do...

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The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees

Posted by on Nov 6, 2018 in Ages 14 and up, Asian (West), Syria, Syrian, Theme: Civil War, Theme: Community, Theme: Detention, Theme: Family Death, Theme: Family Separation, Theme: Fleeing Persecution, Theme: Historical, Theme: Human Rights, Theme: Immigration, Theme: Refugee Life, Theme: Survival, Theme: Trauma, Theme: War | Comments Off on The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees

The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees

The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees By Don Brown Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 9781328810151 Age Range: 14+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…should be required reading for all teens hoping to be empathetic and engaged world citizens.” —School Library Journal Description Starting in 2011, refugees flood out of war-torn Syria in Exodus-like proportions. The surprising flood of victims overwhelms neighboring countries, and chaos follows. Resentment in host nations heightens as disruption and the cost of aid grows. By 2017, many...

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Tomorrow

Posted by on Oct 7, 2018 in Ages 07 and up, Asian (West), Middle East, Syria, Syrian, Theme: #OwnVoices, Theme: Community, Theme: Family Relationships, Theme: Survival, Theme: The Arts, Theme: Trauma, Theme: War | Comments Off on Tomorrow

Tomorrow

Tomorrow By Nadine Kaadan Published by Lantana Publishing Age Range: 7+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…a Syrian boy, has not been able to go to the park to play recently nor to go to school sometimes, which upsets him.”  —Kirkus Reviews Description Yazan no longer goes to the park to play, and he no longer sees his friend who lives next door. Everything around him is changing. His parents sit in front of the television with the news turned up LOUD and Yazan’s little red bike leans forgotten against the wall. Will he ever be able to go...

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The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle

Posted by on Oct 7, 2018 in Ages 10 and up, Scotland, Scottish, Syrian, Theme: Community, Theme: Cross-Group Friendship, Theme: Cultural Differences, Theme: Cultural Identity, Theme: Family Death, Theme: Family Relationships, Theme: Grandparents & Intergenerational, Theme: Identity, Theme: Immigration, Theme: Learning English, Theme: Refugee Life, Western European | Comments Off on The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle

The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle By Victoria Williamson Published by Floris Books Age Range: 10+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…Williamson movingly makes it clear that working-class solidarity traverses borders, race, ethnicity, and religion.”  —Kirkus Reviews Description Reema runs to remember the life she left behind in Syria. Caylin runs to find what she’s lost. Under the gray Glasgow skies, twelve-year-old refugee Reema is struggling to find her place in a new country, with a new language and without her brother. But she isn’t...

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A Refugee’s Journey from Syria

Posted by on Apr 1, 2018 in Ages 08 and up, Asian (West), Syria, Syrian, Theme: Civil War, Theme: Community, Theme: Immigration, Theme: Refugee Life, Theme: Survival, Theme: Trauma, Theme: War | Comments Off on A Refugee’s Journey from Syria

A Refugee’s Journey from Syria

A Refugee’s Journey from Syria By Helen Mason Published by Crabtree Publishing Age Range: 8+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat Readers are encouraged to consider how they can help refugees in their communities and around the world. Description Five-year-old Roj’s home is bombed during the civil war that has been raging in his homeland of Syria. He and his family are forced to flee the country secretly by boat, and they end up in a camp for refugees in Europe. Interspersed with facts about Syria and its people, this narrative tells a story common to many...

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