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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

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

Between Two Rivers (A Memoir)

by Aruna Kenyi

Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Family Relationship: Extended, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Asylee, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

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

by Mary Williams

Age 07 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Loss of Childhood, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

Collision

by Eric Walters

Age 09 or older

Themes: Canadian Connection, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Human Rights Violation: Trafficking, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Dinka Featured Words, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing, Unaccompanied Minors, Welcoming by Individual

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

by Achut Deng

Age 12 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Human Rights Violation: Genocide, Identity: Multilingual, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Asylee, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

Finding Home: Words from Kids Seeking Sanctuary

by Gwen Agna

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

I Remember Warm Rain

by Aruna Kenyi, Hassan Jeylani, Nasra Hassan, Navid Sabeti, Abdiaziz Mohemud, Hashim Abdi, Ridwan Hassan, Estella Omal, Hamid Karimian, Farah Jama, Mohamed Rashid Isaack, Jackson Benjamin, Kahiye Hassan, Aqila Sharafyar, Ali Mohamed

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

In Search of Safety: Voices of Refugees

by Susan Kuklin

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

Joseph’s Big Ride

by Terry Farish

Age 05 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Educator Resource, Engagement Tool: Arts, Engagement Tool: Video, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Past)

The Good Braider

by Terry Farish

Age 14 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generational Differences: Dating, Identity: Multiracial, Loss of Childhood, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Sexual Violence, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Christian
Walk Toward the Rising Sun

Walk Toward the Rising Sun: From Child Soldier to Ambassador of Peace

by Ger Duany

Age 12 or older

Themes: Discrimination: Racial, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Format: Audiobook, Human Rights Violation: Child Soldiers, Loss of Childhood, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict