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Two ten-year-old refugee girls each get one sandal of a matching pair.

Fourteen-year-old Shauzia, an Afghan refugee living in a camp in Pakistan, determines to find a way to fulfill her dreams of seeing the ocean and beginning a new life in France.

In 1998 when the Kosovo hostilities escalate, thirteen-year-old Meli's life as an ethnic Albanian, changes forever after her brother escapes his Serbian captors and the entire family flees from one refugee camp to another until they are able to immigrate to America.

Julian's parents, hoping to protect him from the dangers of the turmoil in Cuba, send him to the United States in 1961 as part of Operation Pedro Pan, not realizing that life in a Miami refugee camp holds its own perils.

Presents a short study of what it is like to live in a refugee camp, and follows the experiences of Carbino, a young man who, at age eleven, fled his home in the Sudan after civil war broke out.

Follows three teen girls--Sylvie, Laiping, and Fiona--who live on three different continents but are linked together by the mineral coltan, or blue gold, that's used in cell phones.

Describes the challenges and rewards of being a refugee worker--people who help protect and provide aid to refugees, and explains how people become refugee workers.

"Fleeing a home destroyed in the Syrian Civil War, Sami worries about the pet pigeons he left behind.

Learning about the history of refugees increases readers' sense of empathy for those who have been left with no choice but to flee their homes.

"Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp"--Provided by publisher.

"Growing up in Aleppo, Yara's childhood has long been shadowed by the coming revolution.

Abia is the self-proclaimed Queen of the Shimelba refugee camp, facing her displacement with strength, imagination, and pride.

"Based on a true story, a stray dog befriends an orphan boy in a refugee camp on a Greek island"--Publisher.

"A . . . true story of a young girl who has never known life outside a refugee camp and a father determined to help her dream beyond the fences that confine them"--Provided by publisher.

"A look at ten young lives suspended outside of time--and bravely proceeding anyway.