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Refugees/War

Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation by Anne Frank (Text by); David Polonsky (Illustrator); Ari Folman (Adapted by)
Call Number: JUV DS135.N6 F731865 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partridge
Call Number: JUV DS558 .P38 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Golden Kite Award 2019; YALSA Awd for Excel in Nonfiction for YA. Finalist. 2019
Butterfly Yellow by Thanhha Lai
Call Number: JUV PS3612.A465 B88 2019
Publication Date: 2019
American Library Association Best Fiction for YA. 01/2020; Scott O'Dell Award 2020; 2019
Call me American : the extraordinary true story of a young Somali immigrant by Abdi Nor Iftin
Call Number: JUV CT275.I43 A3 2020
Publication Date: 2021
The cat I never named : a true story of love, war, and survival by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess; Laura L. Sullivan
Call Number: JUV DR1313.32.B54 S23 2020
Publication Date: 2020
The Day War Came by Nicola Davies; Rebecca Cobb (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PR6054.A89125 D39 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Desert diary : Japanese American children behind barbed wire by Michael O. Tunnell
Call Number: JUV D769.8.A6 T863 2020
Publication Date: 2020-10-06
The Faithful Spy: A True Story! Dietrick Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler by John Hendrix
Call Number: JUV BX4827.B57 H454 2018
Publication Date: 2018
YALSA Awd for Excel in Nonfict for YA. Finalist. 2019
Fallout : spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown by Steve Sheinkin
Call Number: JUV E841 .S54 2021
Publication Date: 2021
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor 2022
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya; Elizabeth Weil
Call Number: JUV DT450.437.W36 A3 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Alex Awards. 2019
La Travesía de Santiago (Santiago's Road Home) by Alexandra Diaz
Call Number: EBOOK 1 User
Publication Date: 2020
Spanish Language
Marwan's Journey by Patricia de Arias; Laura Borràs (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PZ7.1.A753 Mar 2018
Publication Date: 2018
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
Call Number: JUV PZ7.H5977325 Ni 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Newbery Honors 2019
The other side : stories of Central American teen refugees who dream of crossing the border by Juan Pablo Villalobos
Call Number: JUV HV640.5.C46 V55 2019
Publication Date: 2019
Salma the Syrian Chef by Danny Ramadan; Anna Bron (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PR9199.4.R347 S35 2020
Publication Date: 2020
MEOC. Middle East Book Awards. Picture Book. 2020
Santiago's Road Home by Alexandra Diaz
Call Number: Juvenile PZ7.D5432 San 2020
Publication Date: 2020
A Sky-Blue Bench by Bahram Rahman; Peggy Collins
Call Number: JUV PZ7.1.R3416 Sk 2021
Publication Date: 2021
Schneider Family Book Honor (Young Children 0-8), 2022
Soldier for equality : José de la Luz Saénz and the Great War by Duncan Tonatiuh
Call Number: EBOOK 1 user
Publication Date: 2019
Orbis Pictus Honor for Outstanding Nonfiction for 2020; Pura Belpre Honor 2020
Soldiers Unknown by Chag Lowry; Rahsan Ekedal (Illustrator)
Call Number: E98.M5 L69 2019
Publication Date: 2019
American Indian Youth Literature Award, Young Adult Honor Book, 2022
A Story Like the Wind by Gill Lewis; Jo Weaver (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PZ7.L58537 Su 2018
Publication Date: 2018
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei; Justin Eisinger; Steven Scott; Harmony Becker (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV D769.8.A6 T355 2019
Publication Date: 2019
Tomorrow by Nadine Kaadan (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PZ7.1.K13 To 2018
Publication Date: 2018
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown
Call Number: JUV DS98.6 .B76 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor 2019
Vanishing Colors by Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen; Akin Düzakin (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV PZ7.O762 Van 2019
Publication Date: 2019
The War Outside by Monica Hesse
Call Number: JUV PZ7.1.H52 War 2018
Publication Date: 2018
We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
Call Number: EBOOK 1 User
Publication Date: 2020
Michael L. Printz Honors for Excellence in YA Lit. 2021; National Book Award: Children Finalist 2020
We Are Not from Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez
Call Number: JUV PZ7.T6457245 We 2020
Publication Date: 2020
Pura Belpre Honor 2021 Young Adult Honor Book
What Is a Refugee? by Elise Gravel
Call Number: JUV HV640 .G697 2019
Publication Date: 2019-09-24
What the Night Sings: A Novel by Vesper Stamper
Call Number: JUV PZ7.1.S732 Wh 2018
Publication Date: 2018
William C. Morris Debut YA Award Finalist. 2019
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson (Illustrator); Omar Mohamed; Iman Geddy (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV HV640.5.S8 J36 2020
Publication Date: 2020

Undocumented

La Travesía de Santiago (Santiago's Road Home) by Alexandra Diaz
Call Number: EBOOK 1 User
Publication Date: 2020
Spanish Language
We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults by Susan Kuklin (Illustrator)
Call Number: JUV E184.A1 K85 2019
Publication Date: 2019