Refugee Journey

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A Hare in the Elephant’s Trunk

by Jan Coates

Age 12 or older

Community: Sudanese/Sudanese American

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Teen Refugee’s Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival: Young Readers’ Edition

by Melissa Fleming

Age 12 or older

Community: Syrian/Syrian American

A Land of Permanent Goodbyes

by Atia Abawi

Age 14 or older

Community: Syrian/Syrian American

A Long Walk to Water

by Linda Sue Park

Age 09 or older

Community: Sudanese/Sudanese American

A Refugee’s Journey from Iraq

by Ellen Rodger

Age 09 or older

Community: Iraqi/Iraqi American

A Refugee’s Journey from Syria

by Helen Mason

Age 09 or older

Community: Syrian/Syrian American

A Refugee’s Journey from The Democratic Republic of the Congo

by Ellen Rodger

Age 09 or older

Community: Congolese/Congolese American

A Refugee’s Journey from Ukraine

by Ellen Rodger

Age 08 or older

Community: Ukrainian/Ukrainian American

A Season for Building Houses

by Authors: Ibrahim Shkara, Richard Akera, Ahmed Abbas, Fadumo Issack, Omar Raouf, Clautel Buba, Eric Martinez, Khadija Mohamed, Rasha Usif, Michée Runyambo, Amira Al Sammrai, Elahe Seddiqi, Sahara Hassan, Aden Isaack, Judica'elle Irakoze, Faris Baziga, Ali Aljubyly, Edna Adan, Chrispo Niyokwizerwa, Emmanuel Muya, Ralph Houanche, Elias Nasrat, Annick Umutoniwase, Vassily Murangira, Hanen Mohammad, Jordy Izere, Rachel Iradukunda, Maryama Abdi, Edna Thecla-Akimana, Mohamed Awale, Yann Tanguy Irambona, Benjamin Bivigete Ibrahim Shkara, Richard Akera, Ahmed Abbas, Fadumo Issack, Omar Raouf, Clautel Buba, Eric Martinez, Khadija Mohamed, Rasha Usif, Michée Runyambo, Amira Al Sammrai, Elahe Seddiqi, Sahara Hassan, Aden Isaack, Judica'elle Irakoze, Faris Baziga, Ali Aljubyly, Edna Adan, Chrispo Niyokwizerwa, Emmanuel Muya, Ralph Houanche, Elias Nasrat, Annick Umutoniwase, Vassily Murangira, Hanen Mohammad, Jordy Izere, Rachel Iradukunda, Maryama Abdi, Edna Thecla-Akimana, Mohamed Awale, Yann Tanguy Irambona, Benjamin Bivigete

Age 12 or older

Community: Afghan/Afghan American, Burundian/Burundian American, Cameroonian/Cameroonian American, Congolese/Congolese American, Egyptian/Egyptian American, Haitian/Haitian American, Indian/Indian American, Iraqi/Iraqi American, Jordanian/Jordanian American, Kenyan/Kenyan American, Rwandan/Rwandan American, Salvadoran/Salvadoran American, Saudi Arabian/Saudi American, Somali/Somali American, South Sudanese/South Sudanese American, Sudanese/Sudanese American, Syrian/Syrian American, Tanzanian/Tanzanian American, Ugandan/Ugandan American, Various

Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy’s Story of Survival

by Marsha Forchuk Skyrpuch

Age 06 or older

Community: Vietnamese/Vietnamese American

After the Last Border

by Jessica Goudeau

Age 16 or older

Community: Burmese/Burmese American, Muslim/Muslim American, Syrian/Syrian American

Alas salvajes (Wings in the Wild)

by Margarita Engle

Age 12 or older

Community: Cuban/Cuban American

Alive in the Killing Fields

by Nawuth Keat

Age 12 or older

Community: Cambodian/Cambodian American

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

by Zoulfa Katouh

Age 14 or older

Community: Syrian/Syrian American

Borderless

by Jennifer de Leon

Age 14 or older

Community: Guatemalan/Guatemalan American

Boy, Everywhere

by A.M. Dassu

Age 09 or older

Community: Syrian/Syrian American

Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan

by Mary Williams

Age 07 or older

Community: South Sudanese/South Sudanese American

Butterfly Yellow

by Thanhha Lai

Age 13 or older

Community: Vietnamese/Vietnamese American

Caravan to the North: Misael’s Long Walk

by Jorge Argueta

Age 09 or older

Community: Salvadoran/Salvadoran American

Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War

by Michel Chikwanine

Age 10 or older

Community: Congolese/Congolese American

Counting Kindness: Ten Ways to Welcome Refugee Children

by Hollis Kurman

Age 03 or older

Community: Unspecified (African)

Dear World: A Syrian Girl’s Story of War and Plea for Peace

by Bana Alabed

Age 14 or older

Community: Syrian/Syrian American

Dia’s Story Cloth

by Dia Cha

Age 06 or older

Community: Hmong/Hmong American

Don’t Look Back: A Memoir of War, Survival, and My Journey from Sudan to America

by Achut Deng

Age 12 or older

Community: South Sudanese/South Sudanese American

Donde vivire / Where Will I Live?

by Rosemary McCarney

Age 06 or older

Community: Various

Dos conejos blancos (Two White Rabbits)

by Jairo Buitrago

Age 05 or older

Community: Unspecified (Hispanic/Latinx)

Dounia and the Magic Seeds

by Marya Zarif

Age 04 or older

Community: Syrian/Syrian American

Drawn Across Borders: True Stories of Human Migration

by George Butler

Age 10 or older

Community: Burmese/Burmese American, Kenyan/Kenyan American, Unspecified (Middle Eastern)

Drita, My Homegirl

by Jenny Lombard

Age 09 or older

Community: Kosovar/Kosovar American, Muslim/Muslim American

El Unico Destino (The Only Road)

by Alexandra Diaz

Age 09 or older

Community: Guatemalan/Guatemalan American

El viaje / The Journey

by Francesca Sanna

Age 06 or older

Community: Unspecified (Middle Eastern)

Escape from Aleppo

by N. H. Senzai

Age 09 or older

Community: Syrian/Syrian American