A Story Like the Wind
As a group of refugees huddles together in a rubber dinghy, one of them uses his violin to weave their...
Adara
A slave girl convinces her master, the mighty Syrian general, Naaman, to seek a cure from his leprosy from the...
Always With You
Orphaned at the age of four when her village in Viet Nam is bombed, Kim is rescued by American soldiers...
Attack of the Turtle
During the Revolutionary War, fourteen-year-old Nathan Wade joins forces with his older cousin, the inventor David Bushnell, to secretly build...
Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation
African American, Cultures, Juvenile Nonfiction, Poverty, Social Issues, War / RefugeesDifferent
"During the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath, siblings Soccoro and Paco must live with constant secrets while they wait...
Eva’s Story
"Eva Schloss -- the posthumous stepsister of Anne Frank -- recounts her experiences as Jewish refugee from persecution, a teenage...
Four Feet, Two Sandals
Two young Afghani girls living in a refugee camp in Pakistan share a precious pair of sandals brought by relief...
Friends of Liberty
Sally Gifford, a Patriot shoemaker's daughter, tries to maintain her close friendship with Kitty Lawton, the daughter of a Loyalist...
Masada
In the year 72 C.E., after a four-year war between Rome and Judea, only one fortress remains to be taken:...
Mexique
On May 27, 1937, over four hundred children sailed for Morelia, Mexico, fleeing the violence of the Spanish Civil War....
My Name Is Sangoel
As a refugee from Sudan to the United States, Sangoel is frustrated that no one can pronounce his name correctly...
My Wild Cat
Illustrations and an easy-to-read story, interspersed with facts, pays tribute to a cat which finds that life as a pet...
Niños: Poems for the Lost...
Cultures, Juvenile Nonfiction, Latin American, Social Issues, War / RefugeesSoldier Bear
Winner of the 2012 Batchelder Award Based on a real series of events that happened during World War II, Soldier...
Son of a Gun
Eight-year-old Liberian Lucky, his ten-year-old sister Nopi, and their schoolmates are kidnapped and forced to become child soldiers, but even...
The Brothers Zzli
Animals, Books in Translation, Character / Values, JUVENILE FICTION, Social Issues, Tolerance / Acceptance, War / RefugeesThe War Within These Walls
It’s World War II, and Misha’s family, like the rest of the Jews living in Warsaw, has been moved by...
Vanishing Colors
"As a young refugee girl takes shelter for the night, the world appears bleak. But as she starts thinking about...
Why Am I Here?
"A young girl wonders what life would be like if she lived somewhere else. What if she lived in a...