Syrian/Syrian British

Adnan: The Boy Who Helped His Mummy Remember

by Mark Arrigo

Age 05 or older

Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

Amina Banana and the Formula for Making Money (Amina Banana #3)

by Shifa Saltagi Safadi

Age 06 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Economic, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim, STEM

Birds on Wishbone Street

by Suzanne Del Rizzo

Age 05 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Animals, Canadian Connection, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Generation: 1st, Refugee: War/Conflict, Welcoming by Individual

El hombre de los gatos (The Cat Man of Aleppo)

by Karim Shamsi-Basha

Age 05 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Citizenship, Community Action, Engagement Tool: Video, Multilingual: Spanish, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Hakim’s Odyssey: Book 3: From Macedonia to France

by Fabien Toulmé

Age 16 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Detention & Deportation, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Graphic Novel, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp, Trauma & Healing

Kicked Out

by A.M. Dassu

Age 11 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Activism, Allyship, Detention & Deportation, Family Relationship: Parents, Refugee: War/Conflict, Sports

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