Afghan/Afghan American
6,000 Miles to Freedom: Two Boys and Their Flight from the Taliban
Age 16 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Format: Graphic Novel, Human Rights Violation: Child Soldiers, Loss of Childhood, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Refugee Camp, Trauma & Healing, Unaccompanied Minors
A Galaxy of Sea Stars
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Format: Audiobook, Religious Background: Muslim
A Refugee’s Journey from Afghanistan
Age 09 or older
Themes: Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp
A Season for Building Houses
Age 12 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Anthology, Genre: Poetry, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Unspecified, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp
A Sky-Blue Bench
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Canadian Connection, Educator Resource, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Courage: My Story of Persecution (I, Witness)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Activism, Community Action, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Economic, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Genre: Biography, Genre: Nonfiction, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Economic Crisis, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
El cielo de Afganistan (The Sky of Afghanistan)
Age 05 or older
Themes: Multilingual: Spanish, Refugee: Persecution, Religious Background: Muslim
Farrah Noorzad and the Realm of Nightmares (Farrah Noorzad #2)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
Farrah Noorzad and the Ring of Fate (Farrah Noorzad #1)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
Finding Home: Words from Kids Seeking Sanctuary
Age 04 or older
Themes: Activism, Event: MCSTOYA Connects: Migration Reads, Format: Anthology, Genre: Biography, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Asylee
Four Feet, Two Sandals
Age 07 or older
Themes: Educator Resource, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Engagement Tool: Video, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current)
Free Radicals
Age 12 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Microaggression, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational
I Remember Warm Rain
Themes: Citizenship, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Anthology, Identity: Multilingual, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Undocumented, Refugee: Unspecified, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Refugee Camp, Trauma & Healing
I’m an Immigrant Too
Age 04 or older
Themes: Generation: 1st, Generation: 2nd, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education, Refugee: Asylee, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: War/Conflict
If You See a Bluebird
Age 05 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Animals, Canadian Connection, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict
In Search of Safety: Voices of Refugees
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Educator Resource, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Genre: Historical, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Sexual Violence, Refugee: Undocumented, Refugee: War/Conflict
Kids Like Me: Voices of the Immigrant Experience
Age 12 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Genre: Nonfiction, Identity: Exploration, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education
Mahtab’s Story
Age 09 or older
Themes: Family Separation: On Journey, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict
Making It Home: Real-Life Stories from Children Forced to Flee
Age 08 or older
Themes: Education & Literacy, Family Separation: On Journey, Genre: Biography, Genre: Historical, Loss of Childhood, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Unaccompanied Minors
Mishka
Age 07 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Animals, Citizenship, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: Undocumented, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Refugee Camp, Trauma & Healing
Mud City (Breadwinner Series #3)
Age 11 or older
Themes: Format: Audiobook, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp
Mustafa
Age 05 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Canadian Connection, Educator Resource, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Family Relationship: Parents, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current)
My City Was a Sparkling Jewel: Voices of Newcomer Youth from Afghanistan
Age 11 or older
Themes: Citizenship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Format: Anthology, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim
My Name Is Parvana (Breadwinner Series #4)
Age 11 or older
Themes: Arts, Canadian Connection, Detention & Deportation, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Format: Audiobook, Immigrant: Education, Refugee: Persecution, Religious Background: Muslim
My Name Is Samim
Age 10 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Exploration, Loss of Childhood, Mental Health, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Asylee, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: Undocumented, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Unaccompanied Minors
One More Mountain (Breadwinner Series #5)
Age 10 or older
Themes: Arts, Canadian Connection, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Immigrant: Education, Refugee: Persecution, Religious Background: Muslim
Parvana’s Journey (Breadwinner Series #2)
Age 11 or older
Themes: Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Audiobook, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Saving Kabul Corner
Age 09 or older
Themes: Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multiracial, Immigrant: Economic
Shooting Kabul
Age 09 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Religious, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Audiobook, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim
Six Truths and a Lie
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Thriller, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Trauma & Healing
Sonita: My Fight Against Tyranny and My Escape to Freedom
Age 18 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Activism, Arts, Discrimination: Colorism, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Audiobook, Generational Differences, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Genre: Biography, Human Rights Violation: Child Marriage, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Sour Cherries: An Afghan Family Story
04 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, Own Voices/Lived Experience