Books by Community

After the Last Border

Age 16 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Citizenship, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Persecution

Bamboo People

Age 11 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Education & Literacy, Human Rights Violation: Child Soldiers, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Double Karma

Age 12 or older

Themes: Activism, Detention & Deportation, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, LGBTQIA+, Setting: Home Country

Drawn Across Borders: True Stories of Human Migration

Age 10 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Format: Anthology, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey

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

Hothath Ak Bondhu – Rohingya Shishuder Golpo

Age 05 or older

Themes: Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Religious, Multilingual: Bengali, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: Persecution, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Refugee Camp

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

Mya’s Strategy to Save the World

Age 09 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Community Action, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st

Samira Surfs

Age 08 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict

The Unexpected Friend: A Rohingya Children’s Story

Age 04 or older

Themes: Refugee: Persecution, Setting: Refugee Camp, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current)

Why No Goodbye?

Age 13 or older

Themes: Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: On Journey, Human Rights Violation: Genocide, Loss of Childhood, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Persecution