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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Red Umbrella
Christina Diaz Gonzalez · 284 pages
The Red Umbrella is the moving tale of a 14-year-old girl's journey from Cuba to America as part of Operation Pedro Pan--an organized exodus of more than 14,000 unaccompanied children, whose parents sent them away to escape Fidel Castro's revolution.In 1961, two years after the Communist revolution, Lucia Alvarez still leads a carefree life, dreaming of parties and her first crush. But when the so
The Day of the Pelican
Katherine Paterson · 152 pages
In 1998 when the Kosovo hostilities escalate, thirteen-year-old Meli's life as an ethnic Albanian, changes forever after her brother escapes his Serbian captors and the entire family flees from one refugee camp to another until they are able to immigrate to America.
Refugee
Alan Gratz · 352 pages
Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
Letters from Rifka
Karen Hesse · 148 pages
Daunting tale of a Jewish girl's journey during Anti-Semitic Germany.
Journey to America
Sonia Levitin · 185 pages
A Jewish family fleeing Nazi Germany in 1938 endures innumerable separations before they are once again united.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Judith Kerr · 191 pages
Recounts the adventures of a nine-year-old Jewish girl and her family in the early 1930's as they travel from Germany to England.
Mud City
Deborah Ellis · 164 pages
Fourteen-year-old Shauzia, an Afghan refugee living in a camp in Pakistan, determines to find a way to fulfill her dreams of seeing the ocean and beginning a new life in France.
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss
Barry Denenberg · 256 pages
The Other Side of Truth
Beverley Naidoo · 252 pages
Will the truth harm them — or save them?When Nigeria's corrupt military government kills their mother, twelve-year-old Sade and her brother Femi think their lives are over. Out of fear for their safety, their father, an outspoken journalist, decides to smuggle the children out of Nigeria and into London, where their uncle lives. But when they get to the cold and massive city, they find themselves
Inside Out & Back Again
Thanhha Lai · 274 pages
Inside Out & Back Again is a verse novel by Thanhha Lai. The book was awarded the 2011 National Book Award for Young People's Literature and one of the two Newbery Honors. The novel was based on her first year in the United States, as a ten-year-old girl who spoke no English in 1975.
Continental Drift
Russell Banks · 384 pages
After his ill-fated pursuit of the American dream, Bob Dubois finds employment on a fishing boat off the Florida Keys where he becomes involved in a plot to smuggle two Haitians into Florida.
A Long Walk To Water
Linda Sue Park
Wandering Star
Jean-Marie G. Le Clezio · 316 pages
While both Esther and Nejma want peace, each has a different experience during the founding of Israel; Esther is a Jewish girl who participtes in the founding, and Nejma is a Palestinian who becomes a refugee.
The Bone Sparrow
Zana Fraillon · 256 pages
Subhi is a refugee. Born in an Australian permanent detention center after his mother and sister fled the violence of a distant homeland, Subhi has only ever known life behind the fences. But his world is far bigger than that-every night, the magical Night Sea from his mother's stories brings him gifts, the faraway whales sing to him, and the birds tell their stories.
Shooting Kabul
N.H. Senzai · 262 pages
Escaping from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in the summer of 2001, eleven-year-old Fadi and his family immigrate to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Fadi schemes to return to the Pakistani refugee camp where his little sister was accidentally left behind.
A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende · 325 pages
The Free World
David Bezmozgis · 368 pages
Everything Sad Is Untrue
Daniel Nayeri · 356 pages
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini · 368 pages
The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacri
Drita, My Homegirl
Jenny Lombard · 139 pages
A poignant story about the difficulties of leavingeverything behind and the friendships that help you getthrough it Fleeing war-torn Kosovo, ten-year-old Drita and herfamily move to America with the dream of living atypical American life. But with this hope comes thestruggle to adapt and fit in. How can Drita find herplace at school and in her new neighborhood whenshe doesn't speak any English? Me