Sequins, Secrets, And Silver Linings
Three fourteen-year-old friends with very different interests befriend a twelve-year-old Ugandan refugee whose gift for design takes off in the high-fashion world of twenty-first-century London.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
Where I Belong
Thirteen-year-old Khadija, a Somali refugee, becomes a model for a famous fashion designer to help her family back home, while the designer's daughter Freya and fourteen-year-old Abdi, whose family Khadija lives with in London, try to protect her.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: somalis, refugees [X], models (persons), fashion design, kidnapping, london (england), england [X], somalia
The Unforgotten Coat
Julie's life becomes more complicated after the two Mongolian brothers in her Year Six class declare her to be their "Good Guide," which means she is responsible for welcoming the brothers to their new home, helping them with school uniforms, and explaining British slang; meanwhile, Julie tries to win the attention of a boy and gain an invitation to Mimi's house.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
Hidden
Fourteen-year-old Alix is faced with a huge moral dilemma when she helps pull an illegal Iraqi immigrant from the incoming tide on the coastal English island where she lives.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: immigrants, iraqis, racism, refugees [X], england [X], family life, school stories, dysfunctional families, schools, family problems, families
The Boy At The Back Of The Class
When quiet, nine-year-old Ahmet arrives in their classroom, a boy and his friends fail to draw him out but try a new plan after learning he is a Syrian refugee.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 40
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
The Boy At The Back Of The Class
When quiet, nine-year-old Ahmet arrives in their classroom, a boy and his friends fail to draw him out but try a new plan after learning he is a Syrian refugee.
FIC
year:
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 940
subjects: refugees [X], school stories, friendship, syrians, london (england), england [X], realistic fiction, schools
Heroes Like Us
Two stories featuring ten-year old Ahmet, the Most Famous Refugee Boy in the World, and his friends, who stood up for Ahmet, and other refugee children like him, in Britain.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 970