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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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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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The Ones That Disappeared by Zana Fraillon

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Category: Middle Fiction (8-12)

Beautiful, magical and moving, this is a SKELLIG for a new generation, from the author of THE BONE SPARROW, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2017 and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2016. Some stories need to be told... A moving, beautifully-written and poignant novel about child trafficking a ...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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Migrants by Issa Watanabe

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Category: Picture Books

The migrants must leave the forest. Borders are crossed, sacrifices made, loved ones are lost. It takes such courage to reach the end. At last the journey is over and the migrants arrive. This is the new place. With forceful simplicity, Migrants narrates the journey of a group of animals leaving a leaf ...Show more

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The 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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The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf

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Category: Middle Fiction (8-12)

Told with heart and humour, The Boy at the Back of the Class is a child's perspective on the refugee crisis, highlighting the importance of friendship and kindness in a world that doesn't always make sense. There used to be an empty chair at the back of my class, but now a new boy called Ahmet is sitti ...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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Detention by Tristan Bancks

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Category: Middle Fiction (8-12)

A daring escape. A school lockdown. A thrilling chase. What would you risk to save a life?Share thisSima and her family are pressed to the rough, cold ground among fifty others. They lie next to the tall fence designed to keep them in. The wires are cut one by one.When they make their escape, a guard ra ...Show more

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The Journey by Francesca Sanna

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Category: Picture Books

With haunting echoes of the current refugee crisis this beautifully illustrated book explores the unimaginable decisions made as a family leave their home and everything they know to escape the turmoil and tragedy brought by war. This book will stay with you long after the last page is turned. From the ...Show more

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When Michael Met Mina by Randa Abdel-Fattah

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Category: Young Adult Fiction

From the bestselling author of Does My Head Look Big In This? A boy. A girl. Two families. One great divide. When Michael meets Mina, they are at a rally for refugees - standing on opposite sides. Mina fled Afghanistan with her mother via a refugee camp, a leaky boat and a detention centre. Michael' ...Show more

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Suri's Wall by Lucy Estela

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Category: Picture Books

Eva squeezed Suri's hand. "What's there? What can you see?" "What can I see?" Suri looked out over the wall. "Oh, it's beautiful, let me tell you all about it." A moving tale of the power of the human spirit brought alive by Lucy Estela and award-winning illustrator Matt Ottley.

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