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Onion tears
Nam-Huong is miserable living in a new country without her beloved family. Then why can't she cry? Vietnamese Nam-Huong wants to adjust to her new life in Australia, but she can't. She misses her parents and her beloved grandfather too much, and she is haunted by her experiences as a refugee. When her clasmates try to make friends she rejects them, so they begin to tease and torment her. Soo…
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- 0207170282
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- 71 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- K
Passage to freedom : the Sugihara story
Against the order of his government, a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania issued thousands of visas to Jewish refugees to help them flee the Nazis during World War II.
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- 9781485301578
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- 32 pages : illustration : 20 cm
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- 923 MOC
Where the river runs : a portrait of a refugee family
The story of a Cambodian refugee family now living in the Allston neighborhood of Boston. After six years in the U.S., the grandmother, mother and three sons are participating in their new culture while keeping Cambodian traditions alive in their lives in this new land. Where the River Runs explores the school, foods, cooking, language struggles, community and daily life of the Prek family.
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- 0590203622
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- 71 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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- 920 GRA
Gleam and Glow
Inspired by real events, master storyteller Eve Bunting recounts the harrowing yet hopeful story of a family, a war--and a dazzling discovery.
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- 9780152025960
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- 30 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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- BU
Ziba came on a boat
Ziba came on a boat. A soggy old fishing boat that creaked and moaned as it rose and fell, rose and fell, across an endless sea... Sitting in the crowded hull, with her mother's arms around her, Ziba remembers all that she has left behind. They hope to find peace and safety in a new land, but where will their journey end, and what will they find when they arrive? Based on real events, Zib…
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- 9781933605524
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- 36 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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- LO
The island
Poignant and chilling, this allegory is an astonishing, powerful, and timely story about refugees, xenophobia, racism, multiculturalism, social politics, and human rights. When the people of an island find a man sitting on their shore, they immediately reject him because he is different. Fearful to the point of delusional paranoia, the islanders lock him in a goat pen, refuse him work, and feed…
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- 9781741752663
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 31 cm
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- G
Making it home : real-life stories from children forced to flee
In this inspiring collection, children living all over the world speak about being forced to flee their homes as refugees. With original, autobiographical accounts, Making It Home gives a poignant voice to the millions of young people whose lives have been disrupted by war but who have escaped. With maps, brief histories of each country, and an eight-page photo insert, this book helps young peo…
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- 9780142404553
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- 117 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- 304.8 MAK
Immigrants and refugees
An interesting take on exploring global issues through maps, figures, images, statistics and extensive lists of facts.
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- 9781599205090
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- Mapping Global Issues
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- 304.8 SEN
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