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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
562 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The long-awaited new work from the best-selling author of The Invisible Bridge takes us back to occupied Europe in this gripping historical novel based on the true story of Varian Fry's extraordinary attempt to save the work, and the lives, of Jewish artists fleeing the Holocaust In 1940, Varian Fry--a Harvard educated American journalist--traveled to Marseille carrying three thousand dollars and a list of imperiled artists and writers he hoped...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Language
English
Description
A moral thriller about the Jewish underground resistance in Jerusalem after World War II follows the experiences of Brand, a hunted refugee, who assumes a different identity and commits himself to the revolution while accepting increasingly dangerous missions.
5) Sea prayer
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A letter, from a father to his son, on the eve of their journey. Watching over his sleeping son, the father reflects on the dangerous sea-crossing that lies before them. It is also a vivid portrait of their life in Homs, Syria, before the war, and of that city's swift transformation from a home into a deadly war zone.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A devastating story of one family's border-crossing adventure to rescue one another and make peace with the past, set in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, two years after the occupation of South Ossetia by Russia in 2008"--
8) Americanah
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ifemelu and Obinze, a couple in love, depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Ifemelu heads for America, where she is forced to grapple with what it means to be black for the first time. Obinze plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
391 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"As World War II draws to a close, refugees try to escape the war's final dangers, only to find themselves aboard a ship with a target on its hull"--
10) Storm blown
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In San Juan, Puerto Rico, Alejandro worries about his great-uncle while helping guests at a resort, and in New Orleans, Emily worries about her sick brother, as a major hurricane rages, changing both their lives forever.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Refugees from a Caribbean island embark on adangerous boat trip to America where they have a special reason to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Follow the journey of immigrant and refugee children from a leaky boat to a new country, a new school, and new friends in this simple counting book.
13) Captive witness
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 64
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
1981
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
186 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Trouble plagues a student tour through Europe as Nancy becomes involved in a plot to smuggle refugee children across the Austrian border from Eastern Europe.
14) Midnight jewel
Author
Series
Publisher
Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 19
Physical Desc
399 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When she gains entry into the Glittering Court, war refugee Mira continues to endure persecution while learning skills that help her earn anonymity, forging friendships that inspire her to hatch a daring but dangerous plan.
15) The refugees
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
225 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories, written over a twenty-year period, examines the Vietnamese experience in America as well as questions of home, family, and identity.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Winter, 1945. Four teenagers. Four secrets. Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies... and war. As thousands of desperate refugees flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom. Yet not all promises can be kept.
17) The library bus
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Inspired by Kabul's first library bus and colored by family memories, a touching snapshot of one innovative way girls received education in a country disrupted by war.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Muktar, an eleven-year-old refugee living in a Kenyan orphanage, dreams of tending camels again, as he did with his nomadic family in Somalia, and has a chance to prove himself when a traveling librarian with an injured camel arrives at his school.
19) The night diary
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition of India, tries to find her voice and make sense of the world falling apart around her by writing to her deceased Muslim mother in the pages of her diary.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
227 p.: map; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sent to live with her aunt and grandfather after Germans bomb Norway in 1940, ten-year-old Marit longs to join her parents in the Resistance and when her aunt is taken away, she resents even more her grandfather's refusal to oppose the Nazis.