Fauja Singh Keeps Going
Fauja Singh Keeps Going By Simran Jeet Singh Illustrated by Baljinder Kaur Published by Penguin Young Readers Group ISBN-13: 9780525555094 Age Range: 4+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “This engaging picture book biography tells the amazing story of a 100-year-old marathoner named Fauja Singh.” —School Library Journal Description Fauja Singh was born determined. He was also born with legs that wouldn’t allow him to play cricket with his friends or carry him to school miles from his village in Punjab. But that didn’t stop him. Working on his...
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The Refuge By Sandra le Guen Illustrated by Stephane Nicolet Published by Amazon Publishing ISBN: 9781542020503 Age Range: 5+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat A great story to help children understand a refugee’s perspective. —School Library Journal Description Jeannette tells her mom about her new classmate, who also loves astronomy but seems sad. She realizes it’s not easy to move to a new place. So the next day, at recess, Jeannette asks Iliana to play. At first, it’s a little hard to communicate because Iliana is learning a new language. The girls have to...
Read MoreA Journey Toward Hope
A Journey Toward Hope By Victor Hinojosa, Coert Voorhees Illustrated by Susan Guevara Published by Six Foot Press ISBN-13: 9781644420089 Age Range: 6+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound| B&N | Worldcat “An emotional entry point to a larger, necessary discussion on this complex and difficult subject.” —Kirkus Reviews Description Every year, roughly 50,000 unaccompanied minors arrive at the US/Mexico border to present themselves for asylum or related visas. The majority of these children are non-Mexicans fleeing the systemic violence of Central America’s “Northern...
Read MoreAfter 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...
Read MoreSantiago’s Road Home
Santiago’s Road Home By Alexandra Diaz Published by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books ISBN-13: 9781534446236 Age Range: 8+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “…a Dickensian tale of children who become “Dreamers” in search of a new life in the United States.” —School Library Connection Description The coins in Santiago’s hand are meant for the bus fare back to his abusive abuela’s house. Except he refuses to return; he won’t be missed. His future is uncertain until he meets the kind, maternal María Dolores and her young daughter, Alegría,...
Read MoreA Good Trade
A Good Trade By Alma Fullerton Illustrated by Karen Patkau Published by Pajama Press ISBN-13: 9781772781182 Age Range: 4+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Kato, a young Ugandan boy, serves his family by filling jerry cans with a day’s worth of water each morning.” —School Library Journal Description In a small Ugandan village, Kato wakes early to start the long, barefoot trek beyond his village and along fields dotted with cattle and guarded by soldiers. His destination is the village well, where he will pump a day’s supply of water into two...
Read MoreToo Young to Escape
Too Young to Escape By Van Ho and Marsha Skrypuch Published by Pajama Press ISBN-13: 9781772780666 Age Range: 8+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “When 4-year-old Van wakes one morning in her home in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, her mother and siblings are gone.” —Kirkus Reviews Description During the aftermath of the Vietnam War, Van wakes up one morning to find that her mother, her sisters Loan and Lan, and her brother Tuan are gone. They have escaped the new communist regime that has taken over Ho Chi Minh City for freedom in the West. Four-year-old Van...
Read MoreIraqiGirl: Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq
IraqiGirl: Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq By IraqiGirl Published by Haymarket Books ISBN-13: 9781931859738 Age Range: 12+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound| B&N | Worldcat …IraqiGirl also allows us to witness the determination of one girl not only to survive, but to create, amidst the devastation of war, a future worth living for. Description These are the words of fifteen-year-old Hadiya, blogging from the city of Mosul, Iraq, to let the world know what life is really like as the military occupation of her country unfolds. In many ways, her life is familiar. She worries about...
Read MoreSky of Bombs, Sky of Stars
Sky of Bombs, Sky of Stars By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch Published by Pajama Press Inc. ISBN-13: 9781772780949 Age Range: 8+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | WorldCat Retold by acclaimed children’s author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Tuyet’s dramatic true story is based on personal interviews and enhanced with archival photos. Description Tuyet remembers little about life before the Saigon orphanage, before polio left her limping and in constant pain, before the war made it too dangerous to stand under the bomb-filled Vietnam sky. Unable to play with the other children and knowing...
Read MoreCrossing the Farak River
Crossing the Farak River By Michelle Aung Thin Published by Annick Press, Limited ISBN: 9781773213965 Age Range: 11+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Myanmar is a country in crisis, and 14-year-old Hasina’s life is forever changed the day the helicopters arrive.” —School Library Journal Description For Hasina and her younger brother Araf, the constant threat of Sit Tat, the Myanmar Army, is a way of life in Rakhine province—just uttering the name is enough to send chills down their spines. As Rohingyas, they know that when they hear the wop wop wop...
Read MoreWherever I Go
Wherever I Go By Mary Wagley Copp Illustrated by Munir D. Mohammed Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers ISBN-13: 9781534419193 Age Range: 6+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | WorldCat “A fine addition to children’s literature about refugees, resettlement, and resilience.” —Kirkus Reviews Description Of all her friends, Abia has been at the Shimelba Refugee Camp the longest—seven years, four months, and sixteen days. Papa says that’s too long and they need a forever home. Until then, though, Abia has something important to do. Be a queen. Sometimes...
Read MoreWhen Stars Are Scattered
When Stars Are Scattered By Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed Illustrated by Iman Geddy Published by Penguin Young Readers Group ISBN-13: 9780525553908 Age Range: 9+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “This engaging, heartwarming story does everything one can ask of a book, and then some.” —Kirkus Reviews Description Omar and his younger brother, Hassan, have spent most of their lives in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya. Life is hard there: never enough food, achingly dull, and without access to the medical care Omar knows his nonverbal brother needs. So...
Read MoreThe Bone Sparrow
The Bone Sparrow By Zana Fraillon Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ISBN-13: 9781484781517 Age Range: 9+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat While addressing themes of loss, desperation, and injustice in an all-too-relevant setting, Fraillon’s resonant novel underscores the healing power of story. —Publishers Weekly Description Subhi is a refugee. He was born in an Australian permanent detention center after his mother and sister fled the violence of a distant homeland, and the center is the only world he knows. But every night, the faraway whales sing...
Read MoreWithout 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...
Read MoreWelcome 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...
Read MoreKunkush: The True Story of a Refugee Cat
Kunkush: The True Story of a Refugee Cat By Marne Ventura Illustrated by Beidi Guo Published by Capstone ISBN-13: 9781515773191 Age Range: 8+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “A poignant and unvarnished depiction of immigration—both the heartache and the rewards.” —School Library Journal Description Uses Common Core narrative nonfiction approach to tell the true story of a cat that becomes separated from his family when they flee Iraq for refuge in Europe. Their reunion will bring tears to the coldest heart. Groups Represented Iraqi Themes Family...
Read MoreEfren Divided
Efren Divided By Ernesto Cisneros Published by HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780062881687 Age Range: 8+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Debut author Cisneros paints a vivid and palpable #ownvoices picture of the lost childhoods as children and parents are separated due to immigration issues.” —Kirkus Reviews Description Efrén Nava’s Amá is his Superwoman—or Soperwoman, named after the delicious Mexican sopes his mother often prepares. Both Amá and Apá work hard all day to provide for the family, making sure Efrén and his younger siblings Max and Mía...
Read MoreNavid’s Story
Navid’s Story By Andy Glynne Published by Capstone ISBN-13: 9781515814153 Age Range: 8+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “The ordeals of refugee families [having to flee from conflict] are explored here in an attempt to ease the fears and emotions such turmoil can generate.” —School Library Journal Description This is the real-life story of Kurdish Iranian refugee, Navid. Told in Navid’s own words, the story describes the fear and uncertainty Navid and his mother feel after they are forced to flee Iran, as well as the long journey they endure...
Read MoreThe Everything I Have Lost
The Everything I Have Lost By Sylvia Zeleny Published by Cinco Puntos Press ISBN-13: 9781947627178 Age Range: 10+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | “This high-interest, authentic coming-of-age novel adds an important perspective to young adult collections.” —School Library Journal Description 12-year-old Julia keeps a diary about her life growing up in Juarez, Mexico. Life in Juarez is strange. People say it’s the murder capital of the world. Dad’s gone a lot. They can’t play outside because it isn’t safe. Drug cartels rule the streets. Cars and people...
Read MoreMananaland
Mananaland By Pam Munoz Ryan Published by Scholastic, Inc. ISBN-13: 9781338157864 Age Range: 8+ Find a copy at Amazon | IndieBound | B&N | Worldcat “Set in the fictional Latin country of Santa Maria, this richly tiered novel is, at its core, wrenchingly real.” —Publishers Weekly Description Maximiliano Córdoba loves stories, especially the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow. If Max could see tomorrow, he would know if he’d make Santa Maria’s celebrated fútbol team and whether he’d ever...
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