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1281) An Armenian family
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the history of the Armenian people and describes the experiences of one Armenian family who left Russia to rebuild their lives in America.
1282) La encrucijada
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
"Jaime Rivera pensó que después de cruzar México y entrar en Estados Unidos, lo peor había quedado atrás. No podía ser muy dificil comenzar en una escuela nueva. Pero lo es. Y no solamente porque casi no habla inglés. Mientras que su prima hermana Ángela se adaptó rapidamente e hizo nuevos amigos y se envolvió en actividades después de clases, Jaime siente que este lugar extraño no es su "hogar." Su hogar de verdad es con sus padres, con...
Author
Publisher
Make Me a World
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The amazing autobiography of a young Sudanese boy who went from a child soldier to an international peace activist, a struggling refugee to a Hollywood actor. Sudan, 1980s: Ger Duany knew what he wanted out of life--make his family proud, play with his brothers and sisters, maybe get an education like his brother Oder suggested, and become a soldier for his people when he's old enough. But then his village was attacked by the North Sudanese military,...
1284) Zenobia
Author
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"When the Syrian war reaches Amina's village she is forced to escape, and during her perilous journey she thinks of the brave warrior Zenobia to remind her to stay strong." --
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this intergenerational graphic memoir, renowned video game designer Jordan Mechner traces his family's journey through war, Nazi occupation, and everyday marital strife. 1914. A teenage romantic heads to the enlistment office when his idyllic life in a Jewish enclave of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is shattered by World War I. 1938. A seven-year-old refugee begins a desperate odyssey through France, struggling to outrun the rapidly expanding Nazi...
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Co
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"This vividly written memoir describes the author's experiences as a young girl growing up in an atmosphere of uncertainty and fear during and after World War II, when her family's hometown was seized and occupied during the Nazi invasion of Poland"--Provided by publisher.
1287) Escape from Syria
Author
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A fictionalized account of a family fleeing war-torn Syria after their home in Aleppo is destroyed. They endure wretched refugee camps, ocean crossings, swindlers - all to find safety in the West."--
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"In the spring of 1989, millions of citizens across China took to the streets in a nationwide uprising against government corruption and authoritarian rule. What began with widespread hope for political reform ended with the People's Liberation Army firing on unarmed citizens in the capital city of Beijing, and those leaders who survived the crackdown became wanted criminals overnight. Among the witnesses to this unprecedented popular movement was...
1291) La travesía de Santiago
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
"Fleeing abusive relatives and extreme poverty in Mexico, young Santiago endures being detained by ICE while crossing the border into the United States."--
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The extraordinary love story of an American blueblood and a German aristocrat--and a riveting tale of survival in wartime Germany. Sigrid MacRae never knew her father, until a trove of letters revealed not only him, but also the singular story of her parents' intercontinental love affair. While visiting Paris in 1927, her American mother, Aimee, raised in a wealthy Connecticut family, falls in love with a charming, sophisticated Baltic German baron,...
Publisher
Green Card Voices
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A bold and unconventional collection of first-person stories told and illustrated by immigrants and refugees living across the United States. Stanford scientist, deaf student, indigenous activist, Black entrepreneur;all immigrants and refugees;recount journeys from their home countries in ten vibrantly illustrated stories. Faced by unfamiliar vistas, they are welcomed with possibilities, and confronted by challenges and prejudice. Timely, sobering,...
1299) Who owns the clouds?
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Even though Mila is no longer 9 years old, her childhood memories sometimes overtake her. What happened there, halfway between dreaming and insomnia, continues in other forms here, twenty years later. Whether it's seeing a very old photo taken by her father, a red balloon rolling at her feet, or just lining up at a wicket, something still trembles in her. If the clouds sometimes remind her of where she came from, she guesses that they can also teach...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The humans are redoing their garden, and Roo and Aco, the Tiny Folk who live there, need to evacuate and hopefully find refuge with a friend--but they are unsure what they will find when they return home.
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