Stories of Refugees

BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS

Immigrants and Refugees

Senker, Cath. Immigrants and Refugees. Mankato, Minn.: Smart Apple Media, 2012.

Tasting the Sky

PALESTINE 

Barakat, Ibtisam. Tasting the Sky: a Palestinian Childhood. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.

The Journey that Saved

FRANCE

Borden, Louise. The Journey that Saved Curious George : the True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005.

Diamonds in the Shadow

AFRICA

Cooney, Caroline B. Diamonds in the Shadow. New York: Delacorte Press, c2007.

Children of War

IRAQ

Ellis, Deborah. Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees. Berkeley, CA : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2009.

No Safe Place

IRAQ

Ellis, Deobrah. No Safe Place. Berkeley, CA: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2010.

Fish

Mathews, L.S. Fish. New York : Yearling Book, [2006], c2004.

Day of the Pelican

KOSOVO

Paterson, Katherine. The Day of the Pelican. Boston : Clarion Books, 2009. 

Bamboo People

BURMA

Perkins, Mitali. Bamboo People. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2010.

The Red Pencill

SUDAN

Pinkney, Andrea Davis. The Red Pencil. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2014.

Trouble

CAMBODIA

Schmidt, Gary D. Trouble. New York: Clarion Books, 2008.

Walking Home

KENYA

Walters, Eric. Walking Home. Toronto, ON : Doubleday Canada, 2014.

Now is the Time

ZIMBABWE

Williams, Michael. Now Is the Time for Running. New York: Little, Brown, 2013, c2009.  

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