Iraqi/Iraqi American
A Destiny Borrowed
Age 12 or older
Themes: Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience
A Place in the World
Age 07 or older
Themes: Canadian Connection, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: On Journey, Mental Health, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Home Country, Setting: Refugee Camp, Trauma & Healing, Welcoming by Community
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
Banana Dream
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual
Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees
Age 12 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: On Journey, Refugee: Asylee, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
City of the Plague God (Sik Aziz #1)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Religious, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Action Adventure, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, LGBTQIA+, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Far From Home: Refugees and Migrants Fleeing War, Persecution, and Poverty
Age 11 or older
Themes: Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict
Fury of the Dragon Goddess (Sik Aziz #2)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Religious, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Action Adventure, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Hail Mariam
Age 08 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: Christmas, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Microaggression, Discrimination: Religious, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Identity: Exploration, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Christian, Religious Background: Muslim, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Illness, Welcoming by School
Hidden
Age 12 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Detention & Deportation, Format: Audiobook, Refugee: Undocumented, Refugee: War/Conflict
Hollow Fires
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
I Want You to Know
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Genre: Poetry, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational
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
IraqiGirl: Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq
Age 12 or older
Themes: Education & Literacy, Refugee: War/Conflict
Just Say Welcome
Age 04 or older
Themes: Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Religious Background: Jewish, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by Community, Welcoming by Individual
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
Kunkush: The True Story of a Refugee Cat
Age 08 or older
Themes: Animals, Cross-Group Friendship, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim
Leena Mo, CEO
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Friendship, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, STEM
Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush’s Incredible Journey
Age 04 or older
Themes: Animals, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by Community
Lost Boys
Age 10 or older
Themes: Family Separation: By Detention, Human Rights Violation: Child Soldiers, Loss of Childhood, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
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
No Safe Place
Age 12 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Human Rights Violation: Trafficking, Migrant Smuggling, Refugee: Undocumented, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Not The Girls You’re Looking For
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations: Ramadan & Eid, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Multiracial, LGBTQIA+, Religious Background: Muslim
Phoenix Brothers
Age 09 or older
Themes: Arts, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Language Ability, Discrimination: Racial, Education & Literacy, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Mental Health, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing, Unaccompanied Minors, Welcoming by Individual
Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein
Age 09 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Loss of Childhood, Religious Background: Muslim
Remembering Mom’s Kubbat Halab
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Parents, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Shoham’s Bangle
Age 07 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Historical, Immigrant: Religious Freedom, Religious Background: Jewish
Silent Music
Age 05 or older
Themes: Arts, Educator Resource, Loss of Childhood, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Past), Welcoming Library: Pine Collection
The Aurantium Tree
Age 04 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by Community
The City Beyond the Stars (The Kingdom Over the Sea #2)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend