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Author
Publisher
Lantana Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
CLING. Don't let go. Hold tight. Never give up. FLY. Rev up. Lift off. Soar. PEDAL. Set off. Cycle. Pedal for your life.
Throughout history, ordinary people have been forced to leave their families and homes because of war, famine, slavery, intolerance, economic and political upheaval, or climate change. These remarkable true stories of escape show how courageous people all around the world have overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles in their...
Author
Series
Publisher
KidHaven Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"How do refugees differ from immigrants? Why do they leave their country, and what do they hope to find in a new place? These questions and more are answered as readers are given an in-depth look at refugees and their struggle to build a better life. This important topic is addressed using accessible text, enlightening fact boxes, full-color photographs and helpful graphic organizers. The relatable tone presents this issue to readers without condescension,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Malala Yousafzai introduces some of the people behind the statistics and news stories we read or hear every day about the millions of people displaced worldwide. Malala's experiences visiting refugee camps caused her to reconsider her own displacement-- first as an Internally Displaced Person when she was a young child in Pakistan, and then as an international activist who could travel anywhere in the world except to the home she loved. In We Are...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Readers look at the issue of immigration in the US and globally, examining the history, laws, and causes surrounding immigrants' and refugees' search for a better life and the difficulties they face"--
Author
Publisher
Zest Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"English teacher Victorya Rouse has assembled a collection of real-world experiences of teen refugees from around the world. Learn where these young people came from, why they left, and how they arrived in the United States. Read about their struggles to adapt to a new language, culture, and high school experiences, along with updates about how they are doing now and what they hope their futures will look like." -- Amazon.com.
"What is a refugee?...
8) The journey
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With haunting echoes of the current refugee crisis this beautifully illustrated book explores the unimaginable decisions made as a family leave their home and everything they know to escape the turmoil and tragedy brought by war. This book will stay with you long after the last page is turned.
Author
Series
Publisher
Momentum, The Child's World
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Engages readers with incredible stories of people who made daring escapes from the dark shadow of Adolf Hitler. After Hitler and the Nazis rose to power, they captured and murdered millions of Jews, a fate only some were able to escape.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Who are refugees? Why are they called that word? Why do they need to leave their country? Why are they sometimes not welcome in their new country? In this relevant picture book for the youngest children, author-illustrator Elise Gravel explores what it means to be a refugee in bold, graphic illustrations and spare text. This is the perfect tool to introduce an important and timely topic to children.
12) Refugees
Author
Series
Publisher
AV² by Weigl
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Why do people become refugees? How does it feel to be a refugee? How do refugees travel to a new home? Discover more about the reasons people leave their home country in Refugees, part of the World Issues series."--Page [4] cover.
14) Refugees
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Refugees are a hot topic in the news and politics. Young readers may not fully comprehend what it means to be a refugee, the complicated systems they must use to enter new countries legally, and the challenges they face adjusting to different cultures. This book presents these topics with easy-to-understand text and captivating photographs. Your readers will experience an in-depth look at what life is like as a refugee. They'll learn why people flee...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Separated from his family when they were forced to flee their home, a young East African boy named Deo lives alone in the Lukole refugee camp in Tanzania. With scarce resources at the camp, bullies have formed gangs to steal what they can, and a leader named Remy has begun targeting Deo. Then one day a coach gathers all the children to play soccer. Though Deo loves soccer and has even made his own ball out of banana leaves, he's unsure at first about...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In this photographic picture book, the authors record and transcribe the words of displaced children, raising up their voices-who they are, where they came from, and the many different reasons that they had to leave their home country"--
17) Refugees
Author
Publisher
BrightPoint Press, an imprint of ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Explores the history of this refugees and the obstacles they face, and how the issue has evolved, including how people and laws are addressing it today"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Norton Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Continuing this propulsive middle grade nonfiction series, a young woman once persecuted by the Taliban shares her journey to becoming a community activist. As a girl and as part of an ethnic minority in Afghanistan, Freshta Tori Jan was persecuted relentlessly. Her family faced kidnappings and daily murder attempts on the bus, on the way to school, in the workplace, and beyond. Freshta's school was shut down by the Taliban, and many of her friends...
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sonita has been a refugee for her entire life. Born in a refugee camp in Pakistan, Sonita had never seen her family's homeland of Afghanistan--until, faced with discrimination in Pakistan and possible deportation, her parents decided to return. But despite the end of the war, Afghanistan is not the home Sonita's parents and sister remember. Sonita must adjust to life in a homeland she has never known, and work hard to survive and thrive in a country...
Author
Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Many millions of people flee their homes, desperate to escape extreme poverty and violence, in hopes of finding refuge in other countries. Both en route to their destinations and sometimes even once they arrive, these refugees often endure conditions that defy even the loosest interpretation of human rights. The extreme challenges refugees face and efforts to help them are discussed.