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A Feast for Joseph

by Terry Farish

Age 05 and older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, Multilingual: Acholi Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current), Welcoming Library: Pine Collection

A Hare in the Elephant’s Trunk

by Jan Coates

Age 12 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Education & Literacy, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Audiobook, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

A Long Walk to Water

by Linda Sue Park

Age 09 or older

Themes: Family Separation: On Journey, Genre: Historical, Loss of Childhood, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Unaccompanied Minors

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

Bright Red Fruit

by Safia Elhillo

Age 12 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Arts, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Dating, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Novel In Verse, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Dating, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing: Sexual Assault

Home Is Not a Country

by Safia Elhillo

Age 12 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Event: MCSTOYA Connects: Migration Reads, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Home of the Brave

by Katherine Applegate

Age 10 or older

Themes: Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Audiobook, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

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)

Lost Girl Found

by Laura DeLuca

Age 12 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Education & Literacy, Family Separation: On Journey, Refugee Journey, Setting: Refugee Camp, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

Making It Home: Real-Life Stories from Children Forced to Flee

by Beverley Naidoo (Introduction by)

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

My Name is Sangoel

by Khadra Mohammed

Age 06 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Educator Resource, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Identity: Names & Pronunciations, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current), Welcoming Library: Pine Collection

My Two Blankets

by Irena Kobald

Age 06 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Cross-Group Friendship, Educator Resource, IYNB Recommends: ASCA School Counselors 2026, Refugee: War/Conflict, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current), Welcoming Library: Pine Collection

Six Truths and a Lie

by Ream Shukairy

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

That Mad Game: Growing Up in a Warzone

by J.L. Powers (Editor)

Age 18 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Detention & Deportation, Genre: Biography, Human Rights Violation: Abduction & Internment, Human Rights Violation: Child Soldiers, Loss of Childhood, Mental Health, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Gang Violence, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing

The Milk of Birds

by Sylvia Whitman

Age 14 or older

Themes: Activism, Cross-Group Friendship, Diverse Abilities: Neurological, Genre: Historical, Human Rights Violation: Genocide, Life Event: Pregnancy, Loss of Childhood, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: Sexual Violence, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Physical Assault, Trauma & Healing: Sexual Assault, Trigger Warning: Graphic Violence, Unaccompanied Minors

The Red Pencil

by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Age 09 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Format: Novel In Verse, Human Rights Violation: Genocide, Loss of Childhood, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan

by Benjamin Ajak, Alephonsion Deng, Benson Deng,

Age 18 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Coming of Age, Genre: Biography, Human Rights Violation: Child Soldiers, Loss of Childhood, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Home Country, Setting: Refugee Camp, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Illness, Trauma & Healing: Physical Assault, Unaccompanied Minors, Welcoming by Community

Una Larga Travesía Hasta El Agua (A Long Walk to Water)

by Linda Sue Park

Age 09 or older

Themes: Family Separation: On Journey, Genre: Historical, Loss of Childhood, Multilingual: Spanish, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Unaccompanied Minors