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3) Kicked out
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
While his home life is unraveling, thirteen-year-old Ali organizes a charity soccer match to help his friend Aadam avoid deportation back to Syria.
4) Refugee
Author
Language
English
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Historical Fiction - MID
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McKinney March Madness
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
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McKinney March Madness
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
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Description
Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy livng in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
In 1938, eleven-year-old Esther joins her father in tropical, multicultural Cuba, where they toil together to rescue the rest of their Jewish family from persecution in Poland. Includes notes about the author's grandmother, on whom the story is based.
Author
Series
War girls volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Living a comfortable life in the Space Colonies, Ify, now nineteen and a medical administrator, must return to wartorn Nigeria, where she last saw her sister, to investigate why young refugees from that nation are carrying a deadly virus.
8) Refuge
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A retelling of the nativity story from a perspective emphasizing the struggle of Mary and Joseph as refugees"--
10) Lubna and pebble
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In an unforgettable story that subtly addresses the refugee crisis, a young girl must decide if friendship means giving up the one item that gives her comfort during a time of utter uncertainty.
11) The red pencil
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
"After her tribal village is attacked by militants, Amira, a young Sudanese girl, must flee to safety at a refugee camp, where she finds hope and the chance to pursue an education in the form of a single red pencil and the friendship and encouragement of a wise elder"--
13) Brother's keeper
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Sora and her eight-year-old brother, Youngsoo, must try to escape North Korea's oppressive Communist regime on their own in 1950. Includes historical notes, photographs of the author's mother, glossary of Korean words, and timeline.
15) Boy, everywhere
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Sami loves his life in Damascus, Syria, but when war breaks out his parents decide they must flee their home for the safety of the UK.
16) The bluest sky
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: A boy and his family must decide whether to remain in Cuba under a repressive government or risk everything for the chance of a new beginning in this gripping story from the award-winning author of The Red Umbrella.
18) Greythorne
Author
Series
Bloodleaf volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
As the people of Achlev struggle to survive the instability fueled by Dominic Castillion, Aurelia is determined to save them and her loved ones at any cost.
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