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Under the persimmon tree
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Suzanne Fisher Staples |
During the 2001 Afghan War, the lives of Najmal, a young refugee from Kunduz, Afghanistan, and Nusrat, an American-Muslim teacher who is awaiting her huband's return from Mazar-i-Sharif, intersect at… |
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I am David
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Anne Holm |
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Four feet, two sandals
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Karen Lynn Williams,Karen Lynn William,Khadra Mohammad |
Two young Afghani girls living in a refugee camp in Pakistan share a precious pair of sandals brought by relief workers. Includes author's note about refugees |
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The lily pond
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Annika Thor |
Having left Nazi-occupied Vienna a year ago, thirteen-year-old Jewish refugee Stephie Steiner adapts to life in the cultured Swedish city of Gothenburg, where she attends school, falls in love, and w… |
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The Midnight Zoo
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Sonya Hartnett |
Twelve-year-old Andrej, nine-year-old Tomas, and their baby sister Wilma flee their Romany encampment when it is attacked by Germans during World War II, and in an abandoned town they find a zoo wher… |
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The FitzOsbornes in exile
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Michelle Cooper,Michelle Cooper |
In January 1937, as Sophia FitzOsborne continues to record in her journal, the members of Montmaray's royal family are living in luxurious exile in England but, even as they participate in the social… |
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Out of nowhere
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Maria Padian |
Performing community service for pulling a stupid prank against a rival high school, soccer star Tom tutors a Somali refugee with soccer dreams of his own. |
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A path of stars
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Anne Sibley O'Brien |
A refugee from Cambodia, Dara's beloved grandmother is grief-stricken when she learns her brother has died, and it is up to Dara to try and heal her. |
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Freakling
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Lana Krumwiede |
After a traumatic accident removes his telekinetic ability, or psy, twelve-year-old Taemon is exiled to the "dud farm," where he is surprised to find kind, open people who enjoy using their hands but… |
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Oskar and the Eight Blessings
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Tanya simon,Richard Simon |
A young Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany arrives in New York City on the seventh night of Hannukah and receives small acts fo kindness while exploring the city. |
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Journey of dreams
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Marjorie White Pellegrino |
When their village is destroyed in the Guatemalan Civil War, Tomasa and her family, except her mother and brother, who have been taken by the authorities, begin the long trek north in search of somew… |
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Good night, Maman
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Norma Fox Mazer |
After spending years fleeing from the Nazis in war-torn Europe, twelve-year-old Karin Levi and her older brother Marc find a new home in a refugee camp in Oswego, New York. |
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The red pencil
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Andrea Davis Pinkney |
"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 si… |
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The only road
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Alexandra Diaz |
"Twelve-year-old Jaime makes the treacherous journey from his home in Guatemala to his older brother in New Mexico after his cousin is murdered by a drug cartel"-- |
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Refuge
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Sam Usher,Booth, Anne (Children's fiction writer) |
"A retelling of the nativity story from a perspective emphasizing the struggle of Mary and Joseph as refugees"-- |
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Two suns in the sky
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Miriam Bat-Ami |
In 1944, an Upstate New York teenager named Christine meets and falls in love with Adam, a Yugoslavian Jew living in a refugee camp, despite their parents' conviction that they do not belong together. |
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Grab hands and run
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Frances Temple |
After his father disappears, twelve-year-old Felipe, his mother, and his younger sister set out on a difficult and dangerous journey, trying to make their way from their home in El Salvador to Canada. |
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A Stranger at Green Knowe (Green Knowe Chronicles)
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Lucy M. Boston |
A strange friendship develops between a young Chinese refugee who is spending the summer at Green Knowe and a gorilla who has escaped from the London Zoo. |
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I Am David
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Anne Holm |
After escaping from an east European concentration camp where he has spent most of his life, a twelve-year-old boy struggles to cope with a strange world as he flees northward to freedom in Denmark. |
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How Many Days to America?
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Eve Bunting,Beth Peck |
A family is forced to leave their homeland because of war. They sail to America on an overcrowded boat. |
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