Refugees / Migration

The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks

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One extraordinary year will change them all... Sorrento, Victoria, 1999. Fred's family is a mess. Her mother died when she was six and she's been raised by her Pop and adoptive father, Luca, ever since. But now Pop's had to go away, and Luca's girlfriend Anika and her son have moved in. More and more it ...Show more

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Salih (HB) by Inda Ahmad Zahri

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Category: Refugees / Migration

Age range 6+Like a turtle, Salih carries his home on his back. He must cross a raging sea in search of a safe home. Salih paints his happiest memories and sends them as messages in bottles.Will someone find them and understand? Will Salih find a new home?

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Songbird (#1 Jamila) by Ingrid Laguna

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Category: Middle Fiction (8-12) | Series: Jamila

Jamila has left her friends, her school and her home in Iraq, and now she has a new home. It's safe in Australia, but Jamila is finding it hard to settle in. She misses her best friend and worries for her dad's safety back in Iraq. It's hard to speak and write in English all day. And Jamila has a secret ...Show more

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Boy, Everywhere by A. M. Dassu

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Category: Realism

What turns citizens into refugees and then immigrants? In this powerful middle-grade debut, Sami and his family embark on a harrowing journey to save themselves from the Syrian civil war. Sami loves his life in Damascus, Syria. He hangs out with his best friend playing video games; he's trying out for t ...Show more

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Tintinnabula (HB) by Margo Lanagan

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Category: Picture Books

In wild times and in wartime, in times of fear and illness, I go to Tintinnabula, where soft rains fall. Tintinnabula is a story about moving from discomfort to peace, from violence and uncertainty to a still, sure place. It reminds us that our best friend in hard times can often be ourselves.

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The Red Bridge by Kylie Dunstan

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Category: Picture Books

Claire's family has moved from Australia to Vietnam and the little girl finds herself lost in the busy, bustling streets of Hanoi, until she finds the red bridge and a new friend to show her the way. Kylie Dunstan's stunning collage illustrations bring Claire's exotic, exciting new home to vibrant life in this touching story. ...Show more

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King of the Sky by Nicola Davies; Laura Carlin Laura

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Category: Picture Books

In this tale of a young boy, an old man, and a dauntless pigeon, a lyrical text and extraordinary illustrations offer a gorgeous meditation on loneliness, belonging, and home. A young Italian boy has moved to the Welsh hills with his family. He feels isolated and unhappy, a stranger in a strange la ...Show more

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Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon

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Category: Middle Fiction (8-12)

Winner of the CILIP Amnesty Honour 2017. Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017. Perfect for fans of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS. This is a beautiful, vivid and deeply moving story about a refugee boy who has spent his entire life living in a detentio ...Show more

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Drawn Across Borders: Stories of Migration by George Butler

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Category: Geography

A collection of vivid and powerful stories drawn on the front lines of migration by award-winning artist George Butler. For thousands of years humans have moved around the world, to seek a better life, to flee disaster or to escape war. Migration is a fact of life – and one of the most pressing issues ...Show more

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Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh

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Category: Realism

A resistance novel for our time. - The New York TimesA hopeful story about recovery, empathy, and the bravery of young people. - Booklist This well-crafted and suspenseful novel touches on the topics of refugees and immigrant integration, terrorism, Islam, Islamophobia, and the Syrian war with sensitivi ...Show more

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The Arrival (HB) by Shaun Tan

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Category: Picture Books

"Tan's lovingly laid out and masterfully rendered tale about the immigrant experience is a documentary magically told." -- Art Spiegelman, author of Maus "An absolute wonder." -- Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis "A magical river of strangers and their stories " -- Craig Thompson, author of ...Show more

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Refugee by Alan Gratz

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Category: Middle Fiction (8-12)

Three different kids. One mission in common: ESCAPE. Josef is a Jewish boy in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world. Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and he ...Show more

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