Syrian/Syrian American
A Hand Full of Stars
Age 12 or older
Themes: Arts, Coming of Age, Community Action, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Extended, Own Voices/Lived Experience
A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Teen Refugee’s Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival: Young Readers’ Edition
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Migrant Smuggling, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict
A House Without Walls
Age 09 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Economic, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Refugee: War/Conflict
A Land of Permanent Goodbyes
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Engagement Tool: Video, Loss of Childhood, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
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
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
Amina Banana and the Formula for Fairness (Amina Banana #4)
Age 06 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Audiobook, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim, STEM
Amina Banana and the Formula for Friendship (Amina Banana #1)
Age 06 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Language Ability, Discrimination: Microaggression, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim, STEM, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming by School
Amina Banana and the Formula for Winning (Amina Banana #2)
Age 06 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Language Ability, Discrimination: Microaggression, Education & Literacy, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim, STEM, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming by School
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Format: Audiobook, Human Rights Violation: Child Labor, Human Rights Violation: Child Soldiers, Loss of Childhood, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend
Boy, Everywhere
Age 09 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Undocumented, Refugee: War/Conflict
Dear World: A Syrian Girl’s Story of War and Plea for Peace
Age 14 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Loss of Childhood, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict
Displaced
Age 12 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Economic, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Human Rights Violation: Child Labor, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing, Welcoming by Individual
Dounia and the Magic Seeds
Age 04 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Grandparents, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict
Dumpling Day
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day (Arabic/English Bilingual)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Arabic/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day (Bengali/English Bilingual)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Bengali/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day (Chinese/English Bilingual)
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Mandarin/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day / Día de Empanadillas
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day / Dia do Bolinho
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Portuguese/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day / Jounen Dumpling
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Haitian Creole/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day / La Journée des Bouchées
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: French/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Dumpling Day / Ngày Làm Bánh
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Vietnamese/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Escape from Aleppo
Age 09 or older
Themes: Family Separation: On Journey, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict
Escape from Syria
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Canadian Connection, Citizenship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Format: Graphic Novel, Genre: Historical, Loss of Childhood, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp
Far From Home: Refugees and Migrants Fleeing War, Persecution, and Poverty
Age 11 or older
Themes: Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict
Finding Harmony
Age 09 or older
Themes: Canadian Connection, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Economic, Family Relationship: Parents, Mental Health, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Illness, Trauma & Recovery: Substance Use
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
Flying Over Water
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Allyship, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Religious, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Welcoming by Individual
Hakim’s Odyssey: Book 1: From Syria to Turkey
Age 16 or older
Themes: Family Separation: By Detention, Format: Graphic Novel, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Physical Assault