My Name Is Sangoel
Sangoel, who is proud of his rich African heritage, moves to America, and when nobody there can pronounce his name correctly, he fears he will lose his identity.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 46
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 440
subjects: communication, personal names, immigrants, refugees [X], sudanese americans, names, personal, electronic books, picture books for children, electronic books [X]
As You Like It
Rosalind, daughter of the deposed Duke Senior, is exiled from the court by her wicked uncle.
822.3
year: 2010
copies: 98
call number/section: 822.3
lexile: 500
subjects: shakespeare, william, fathers and daughters, exiles, father-daughter relationship, refugees [X], pastoral drama, man-woman relationships, love stories, english drama, shakespeare, william, 1564-1616 drama, william shakespeare, literature, cartoons and comics, comedies, father-child relationship, humorous plays, electronic books [X], pastoral drama, comedies, comic books, strips, etc, children's plays, english
They Poured Fire On Us From The Sky
Presents the stories of three young men who as children in the late 1980s were forced from their homes by war in the Sudan and traveled, along with thousands of other boys, nearly one thousand miles in search of refuge, surviving hunger, illness, and human and animal predators.
920
year: 2005
copies: 13
call number/section: 920
lexile:
subjects: deng, benson, deng, alephonsion, ajak, benjamin, refugees [X], sudan, electronic books, electronic books [X]
The Lost Boys Of Sudan
"Presents accounts of narrow escapes executed by oppressed individuals and groups while illuminating social issues and the historical background that led to wars in Sudan and the orphaned refugees known as the 'Lost Boys'"--Provided by publisher.
962.4
year: 2012
copies: 9
call number/section: 962.4
lexile: 1100
subjects: children and war, war victims, refugees [X], sudan, electronic books, electronic books [X]
Americanah
Nigerian Ifemelu leaves her country to study in America while the man she loves back home, Obinze, is denied entrance to America due to 9/11.
FIC
year:
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 940
subjects: immigrants, refugees [X], nigerians, nigeria, love stories, electronic books [X], audiobooks, romance fiction, romance fiction, spanish language
Deep Sea
Nearly four years after leaving Vienna to escape the Nazis, sixteen-year-old Stephie Steiner and her sister, eleven-year-old Nellie, are still living in Sweden, worrying about their parents, striving to succeed in school, and at odds with each other despite their mutual love.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: world war, 1939-1945, refugees [X], sisters, schools, friendship, g?teborg (sweden), sweden, jews, school stories, historical fiction, electronic books, historical fiction, electronic books [X]
The Best We Could Do
The author presents a graphic novel memoir of his family's journey from Vietnam to America in the 1970s and shares the struggles she faced adjusting to her new life.
920
year: 2017
copies: 36
call number/section: 920
lexile: 600
subjects: bui, thi, vietnamese americans, vietnam war, 1961-1975, autobiographical comics, comics (graphic works), refugees [X], vietnamese refugees, electronic books [X]
A Long Walk To Water
When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven.
FIC
year:
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: dut, salva, refugees [X], survival, water, blacks, survival skills, sudan, electronic books [X], bildungsromans
Escape From Aleppo
After Nadia is separated from her family while fleeing the civil war, she spends the next four days with a mysterious old man who helps her navigate the checkpoints and snipers of the rebel, ISIS, and Syrian armies that are littering Aleppo on her way to meeting her father at the Turkish border.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 36
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: refugees [X], secrecy, aleppo (syria), syria, historical fiction, secrets, juvenile fiction / historical / middle east, juvenile fiction / people & places / middle east, juvenile fiction / historical / military & wars, electronic books, electronic books [X]
The Displaced
Presents a collection of essays written by refugees from nations ranging from Myanmar to Syria, speaking to their experiences, why their native countries are in turmoil, and the increasing trend of nations like the United States, Germany, and Great Britain closing their doors to refugees.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Without Refuge
Forced to leave his home in war-torn Syria, thirteen-year-old Ghalib makes an arduous journey with his family to a refugee camp in Turkey.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: is (organization), refugees [X], kurds, muslims, families, syrians, family life, syria, war, war stories, electronic books [X]
Refugee 87
Shif leads a happy life: he's one of the smartest boys at school, he lives next door to his best friend, and is loved by his mother and sister.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: prisoners, refugees [X], survival, best friends, friendship, survival skills, middle east, ethiopia, electronic books [X], bildungsromans
Butterfly Yellow
"In the final days of the Vietnam War, Hang takes her little brother, Linh, to the airport, determined to find a way to safety in America.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 44
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: refugees [X], brothers and sisters, vietnamese, siblings, refugees, vietnamese, historical fiction, vietnamese refugees, texas, historical fiction, electronic books [X]
The Far Away Brothers
Identical twins Ernesto and Ra?l Flores flee from El Salvador when Ernesto makes an enemy of the MS-13 gang and Ra?l fears being mistaken for his brother.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 35
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890
subjects: flores, ernesto, flores, raul, salvadorans, salvadoran americans, illegal aliens, refugees [X], unaccompanied immigrant children, twin brothers, united states, el salvador, biographies, adaptations, unauthorized immigrants, electronic books [X]
The Other Side
Presents the stories of eleven Central American teens who describe their dangerous journeys to America, detailing the situations they came from, the hardships they faced on the way, and how they navigated the often confusing immigrant process.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: teenage refugees, teenage immigrants, central america, united states, refugees [X], immigrants, teenagers, electronic books [X]