The Breadwinner. The first book in Deborah Ellis’s riveting Breadwinner series is an award-winning novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances during the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan.....
Refugees
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Author:Ellis, DeborahSummary: -
Author:Bala, SharonSummary:When the rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and 500 fellow refugees from Sri Lanka's bloody civil war reaches the shores of British Columbia, the young father believes the struggles that he and his six-year-old son have long faced are...
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Author:Leatherdale, Mary BethSummary:The plight of refugees risking their lives at sea has, unfortunately, made the headlines all too often in the past few years. This book presents five true stories, from 1939 to today, about young people who lived through the harrowing...
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Author:Ruurs, MargrietSummary:In this dual-language picture book (English and Arabic), a young girl and her family are forced to flee their once-peaceful village to escape the civil war and make their way toward safety in Europe. This edition combines both written...
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Author:Ruurs, Margriet, Badr, Nizar AliSummary:This unique picture book was inspired by the stone artwork of Syrian artist Nizar Ali Badr, discovered by chance by Canadian children’s writer Margriet Ruurs. The author was immediately impressed by the strong narrative quality of Mr....
- Author:Lu, MarieSummary:
Explosive action and swoon-worthy suspense collide in this riveting conclusion to the Skyhunter duet from #1 New York Times -bestselling author Marie Lu As a Striker, Talin was taught loyalty is life. Loyalty to the Shield who watches...
- Author:Cooper, TrishSummary:
When Jackie comes back to her childhood home after separating from her husband, she thinks her biggest problem will be readjusting to life on a smaller bed. She's surprised to learn, however, that her mother has given that bed away...
- Author:Tran, PhucSummary:
For anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong, Sigh, Gone shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of displacement and assimilation woven together with poignant themes from beloved works of classic literature. In 1975, during...
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Author:Watts, Irene N.Summary:Eleven-year-old Marianne is fortunate. She one of the first two hundred Jewish children on the heroic rescue operation known as the Kindertransport, which arrived in London, England in December, 1938. With the outbreak of World War II...
- Author:Tawada, YōkoSummary:
Welcome to the not-too-distant future: Japan, having vanished from the face of the earth, is now remembered as "the land of sushi." Hiruko, its former citizen and a climate refugee herself, has a job teaching immigrant...
- Author:Sepetys, RutaSummary:
For readers of Between Shades of Gray and All the Light We Cannot See, international bestselling author Ruta Sepetys returns to WWII in this epic novel that shines a light on one of the war's most devastating--yet unknown--...
- Author:Ramadan, Ahmad DannySummary:
Newcomer Salma and friends cook up a heartwarming dish to cheer up Mama. 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...
- Author:Thúy, KimSummary:
Écrit sur un ton féminin, sensible et très original, Ru dénote un grand talent dans l'art de raconter, où le souvenir devient prétexte tantôt au jeu, tantôt au recueillement. L'ouvrage est composé de très courts...
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Author:Fountain, EleSummary:Shif has a happy life, unfamiliar with the horrors of his country's regime. He is one of the smartest boys in school, and feels safe and loved in the home he shares with his mother and little sister, right next door to his best friend....
- Author:Gratz, AlanSummary:
A tour de force from acclaimed author Alan Gratz (Prisoner B-3087), this timely — and timeless — novel tells the powerful story of three different children seeking refuge. A New York Times bestseller! Josef is a Jewish boy living in...
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Author:Choyce, LesleySummary:Greg is an avid sailor. On a solo trip off the rugged coast, he stumbles upon a family of desperate refugees stranded in a lifeboat. The family convinces Greg to help them, and keep their existence secret. When his plan begins to...
- Author:Vingoe, MarySummary:
Ayinom, a former soldier from Eritrea, has arrived in Canada without papers, and seeks refugee status. Seen through the eyes of the couple that take him in and the lawyer who represents him, the play lays bare some of the shortfalls of...
- Author:Heighton, StevenSummary:
A poet's firsthand account of a month volunteering on the frontlines of the Syrian refugee crisis. In the fall of 2015, Steven Heighton made an overnight decision to travel to the frontlines of the Syrian refugee crisis in Greece...
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Author:Taylor, LynneSummary:Polish Orphans of Tengeru is the story of 123 Polish Catholic Displaced Person (DP) orphans who were brought to Canada from East Africa in 1949 as part of the settlement of the postwar DP crisis. They arrived in East Africa in a mass...
- Author:Tattrie, JonSummary:
Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Tareq Hadhad was worried about his father: Isam did not know what to do with his life. Before the war began in Syria, Isam had run a chocolate company for over twenty years. But that life was gone now. The...
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