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A desperate last hope for safety and freedom. The plight of refugees risking their lives at sea has, unfortunately, made the headlines all too often in the past few years. This book presents five true stories, from 1939 to today, about young people who lived through the harrowing experience of setting sail in search of asylum: Ruth and her family board the St. Louis to escape Nazism; Phu sets out alone from war-torn Vietnam; Jose tries to reach the...
2) Refugee
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Jewish American Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month - Teens
Juvenile Historical Fiction
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Jewish American Heritage Month - Teens
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Josef is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world. Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America. Mahmoud is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward...
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2023 Caudill Award Nominees
Cookies & Comics | New Beginnings
Graded Summer - 7th/8th Grade
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Cookies & Comics | New Beginnings
Graded Summer - 7th/8th Grade
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"This book is a work of fiction based on true events. It reflects the author's present recollections of experiences over time. Some names and characteristics have been changed or invented, some events have been compressed, and dialogue has been re-created." -- title page verso.
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BBD Hispanic Culture 2023
Hispanic Heritage Books at Tioga
Hispanic Heritage Titles for Johnson
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Hispanic Heritage Books at Tioga
Hispanic Heritage Titles for Johnson
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"Twelve-year-old Jaime makes the treacherous journey from his home in Guatemala to his older brother in New Mexico after his cousin is murdered by a drug cartel"--
5) Nowhere boy
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2023-2024 Crete Public Library's 5th-6th Battle List
Arab American Heritage 2024
Arab American Heritage Month (Youth)
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Arab American Heritage 2024
Arab American Heritage Month (Youth)
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"Fourteen-year-old Ahmed, a Syrian refugee, and thirteen-year-old Max, an American boy, are bound by a secret that sets them on the adventure of a lifetime"--