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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
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Sibert Honor Medalist · New York Public Library Best Of 2018 · The Horn Book's Fanfare 2018 list · Kirkus Best Books of 2018 · YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Winner
In the tradition of two-time Sibert honor winner Don Brown's critically acclaimed, full-color nonfiction graphic novels The Great American Dust Bowl and Drowned City, The Unwanted is an important, timely,
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
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American-educated Jordanian Luma Mufleh founds a youth soccer team comprised of children from Liberia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkan states, and elsewhere in the refugee settlement town of Clarkston, Georgia, bringing the children together to discover their common bonds as they adjust to life in a new homeland.
3) Refugees
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Discusses the events that causes refugees, provides an overview of the organizations and countries that offer them help, and explores things that can be done to help refugees return safely to their homes or begin new lives elsewhere.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
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When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.
5) Steelstriker
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Series
Skyhunter duology volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
"With her friends scattered by combat and her mother held captive by the Premier, Talin is forced to betray her fellow Strikers and her adopted homeland. She has no choice but to become the Federation's most deadly war machine as their newest Skyhunter."--
7) Skyhunter
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
"In a world broken by war, a team of young warriors is willing to sacrifice everything to save what they love. The Karensa Federation has conquered a dozen countries, leaving Mara as one of the last free nations in the world. Refugees flee to its borders to escape a fate worse than death -- transformation into mutant war beasts known as Ghosts, creatures the Federation then send to attack Mara. The legendary Strikers, Mara's elite fighting force,...
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Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
Enjoying a quiet life in a tiny Louisiana fishing town, 16-year-old Evangeline is set adrift by Hurricane Katrina and must work through difficult political and cultural challenges to regain her sense of belonging.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Cherished by millions of readers, this #1 New York Times bestselling novel is a powerful tale of perseverance and hope. Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park interweaves the stories of two Sudanese children who overcome mortal dangers to improve their lives and the lives of others.
A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Inspired by the real life experiences of a Sudanese boy. Follows Jacob Akech Deng's journey as he flees his home under the threat of war, and, guided by the memory of his mother, tries to survive in a refugee camp.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ahmedi was born just as the war between the mujahideen and the Soviets reaches its peak in Afghanistan. The sounds of gunfire and fighter planes were as normal to her as the sounds of traffic or children playing are to a schoolgirl in America. When she stepped on a land mine on her way to school, she began to learn--slowly--that ordinary people, often strangers, have immense power to save lives and restore hope. She was taken from a childhood in Afghanistan,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"More than 65 million people are displaced in the world today and at least 17 million are refugees. This topical title addresses the issues surrounding how the world, and western countries in particular, deal with the overwhelming scale of refugees and immigrants flooding across borders"--
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Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Resisting his own urge to walk away, award-winning artist George Butler took his sketchbook and made, over the course of a decade, a series of remarkable pen-and-ink and watercolor portraits in war zones, refugee camps, and on the move. While he worked, his subjects--migrants and refugees in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and Asia--shared their stories. Theirs are the human stories behind the headlines that tell of fleeing poverty, disaster, and...
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Series
Sin Eater's daughter volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
HL 800L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Using magic to control the golems he has raised, the legendary Sleeping Prince has woken, killed King Merek, and taken Lormere, and many of its people are refugees, including Errin and her sick mother--but there are those who oppose the Prince, and Errin, a skilled apothecary, may hold the key to ending his power.
16) Trouble
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Henry, wishing to honor his brother Franklin's dying wish, sets out to hike Maine's Mount Katahdin with his best friend and dog. But fate adds another companion--the Cambodian refugee accused of fatally injuring Franklin--and reveals troubles that predate the accident.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Waiting Place is an unflinching look at ten young lives suspended outside of time--and bravely proceeding anyway. Each lyrical passage leads the reader from one story to the next, revealing the dreams, ambitions, and personalities of each displaced child. The stories are punctuated by intimate photographs, followed by the author's reflections on life in a refugee camp. Locking the global refugee crisis sharply in focus, The Waiting Place is an...
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Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of thousands of children who fled strife in southern Sudan, John Bul Dau survived hunger, exhaustion, and violence. His wife, Martha, endured similar hardships. In this memorable book, the two convey the best of African values while relating searing accounts of famine and war. There's warmth as well, in their humorous tales of adapting to American life. For its importance as a primary source, for its inclusion of the rarely told female perspective
...20) Displaced
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
HL 740L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Toma and Malek, two thirteen-year-old Syrian children living in Beirut, struggle to provide for their families in a country that can be hostile against refugees like them, but they maintain hope that there is a way out of their seemingly impossible situation.
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