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Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Exiled from their homeland, a young girl and her entire family are unhappy about the monochrome sweaters all children wear until Mom decides to make a change. Includes facts about Portugal's history and government, about Amnesty International, and the text of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
122) Dream country
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2018].
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
335 pages, 21 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Spanning two centuries and two continents, Dream Country is the story of five generations of young people caught in a spiral of death and exile between Liberia and the United States"--
Author
Publisher
Yellow Jacket, an imprint of Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
321 pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Lam, her brothers, and other ethnic Chinese flee Vietnam in 1979, embarking on a long and perilous journey toward a refugee camp, where Lam finds new hope and happiness. Includes historical notes, glossary, and pronunciation guide.
124) The paper boat
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"At her home in Vietnam, a girl rescues ants from the sugar water set out to trap them. Later, when the girl's family flees war-torn Vietnam, ants lead them through the moonlit jungle to the boat that will take them to safety. Before boarding, the girl folds a paper boat from a bun wrapper and drops it into the water, and the ants climb on. Their perilous journey, besieged by punishing weather, predatory birds, and dehydration, before reaching a new...
125) These olive trees
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's 1967 in Nablus, Palestine. Oraib loves the olive trees that grow outside the refugee camp where she lives. Each harvest, she and her mama pick the small fruits and she eagerly stomp stomp stomps on them to release their golden oil. Olives have always tied her family to the land, as Oraib learns from the stories Mama tells of a home before war. But war has come to their door once more, forcing them to flee. Even as her family is uprooted, Oraib...
Author
Series
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After the collapse of the nation's power grid, America is under martial law--and safety is an illusion. As violence erupts around him, Morgan Carter faces one of his most difficult decisions yet: whether to stay and defend his home, or move to a more isolated area, away from the prying eyes of the government. He and his family are hesitant to leave their beloved Lake County, but with increasingly suspicious activities happening in a nearby refugee...
Author
Series
(Sam Smith)Tales of Old Natalia volume 1
Publisher
Story Warren Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
157 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
A group of rabbits flees to a safe haven after their home is invaded. Their king tries to bring the community back together in their new land but some rabbits are hesitant to settle. Former coal miner, Fleck, chooses to be loyal to his king, vowing to protect him and his son as all the rabbits struggle to create a home for themselves.
Author
Publisher
Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Retells, in comic book format, Shakespeare's play about the exiled Duke of Milan who uses his magical powers to confront his enemies on an enchanted island.
Author
Series
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Morgan Carter has weathered the weeks after the collapse of the nation's power grid, reuniting with his family and ensuring their safety, but his struggle isn't over yet. Carter must focus on survival in an increasingly unstable society-but the challenges he faces are beyond his wildest imagination. Meanwhile, the enclosed quarters of the nearby government-run refugee camp make for an environment where injury, assault and murder are the norm. As...
130) Alas salvajes
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
211 pages ; 22 cm
Language
Español
Description
When a hurricane exposes Soleida's family's secret sculpture garden, the Cuban government arrests her artist parents, forcing her to escape alone to Central America where she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy, and together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba.
Author
Publisher
MacGregor Literary
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
408 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When the doctor pronounces "incurable cancer" and gives Bobbie Blake one year to live, she agrees to accompany her niece, Tracie, on a trip back to Austria, back to The Oasis, a ministry center for refugees that Bobbie helped start twenty years earlier. Back to where there are so many memories of love and loss. Bobbie and Tracie are moved by the plight of the refugees and in particular, the story of the Iranian Hamid, whose young daughter was caught...
132) The illegal: a novel
Author
Publisher
Southeast Missouri State University Press
Pub. Date
©2013.
Physical Desc
270 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
One hot night on the Rio Grande, a corrupt drug deal goes the wrong way. Police set themselves against soldiers, and soldiers die. Lieutenant Mario Oliveros should be among them, but he swims for his life to Langtry, Texas. Officially, he's a dead hero. Alive, in Mexico, he'd be dead soon enough. Through no fault of his own, he has become an illegal. Set in today's Mexico, Dallas, and the Texas Panhandle, The Illegal charts Mario's journey across...
Author
Publisher
Word Horde
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Senator William Esquival is in a rush to save his family's life. Fleeing political persecution, William takes his family from the capital and flees to the family stronghold of Rio Rojo, a town known as the birthplace of William's ancestor, a powerful former dictator whose legacy haunts the nation of Antioch. But even as the Esquival family seeks refuge, the country continues to fray around them. As Antioch bleeds, ancient hatreds, secrets, and ghosts...
Author
Series
Childhood of Jesus volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
From the Nobel Prize-winning author J. M. Coetzee, the haunting sequel to The Childhood of Jesus, continuing the journey of David, Simon, and Ines. "When you travel across the ocean on a boat, all your memories are washed away and you start a completely new life. That is how it is. There is no before. There is no history. The boat docks at the harbour and we climb down the gangplank and we are plunged into the here and now. Time begins." David is...
Author
Series
Sin Eater's daughter volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
Using magic to control the golems he has raised, the legendary Sleeping Prince has woken, killed King Merek, and taken Lormere, and many of its people are refugees, including Errin and her sick mother--but there are those who oppose the Prince, and Errin, a skilled apothecary, may hold the key to ending his power.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
Español
Description
Follow the journey of immigrant and refugee children from leaky boat to a new country, a new school, and new friends in this simple counting book.
Author
Publisher
Love Inspired
Pub. Date
[2023].
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Paris, 1940 German tanks rumble through the streets of Paris, forcing frightened citizens to flee. But not everyone has the luxury to leave. Camille Lacroix, a chambermaid at the world-famous Hôtel Ritz, must stay to support her family back home in Brittany. Desperate to earn money, Camille also acts as a lady’s maid for longtime guest Vivian Miller, a glamorous American widow- and a Nazi sympathizer. Despite her distrust of the woman, Camille...
138) Sandworms of Dune
Author
Series
Dune novels. Main series volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Formats
Description
A ship of escaped refugees uses genetic technology to revive talented figures from the world's past in order to safeguard their survival, including Paul Maud'Dib and Lady Jessica.
Author
Publisher
Sparkhouse Family
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
28 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
Español
Description
Angels Milagros and Alegria reassure young Adriana of God's love as she and her family are forced to flee their home in Columbia and start anew in Chicago.
140) Between two skies
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
267 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Bayou Perdu, a tiny fishing town way, way down in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, is home to sixteen-year-old Evangeline Riley. She has her best friends, Kendra and Danielle; wise, beloved Mamere; and back-to-back titles in the under-sixteen fishing rodeo. But, dearest to her heart, she has the peace that comes only when she takes her skiff out to where there is nothing but sky and air and water and wings. It's a small life, but it is Evangeline's....
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