Finding refuge : real-life immigration stories from young people
Publication Information
Minneapolis : Zest Books, [2021]
Physical Description
264 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Audience
Grades 7-9 Zest Books.
Summary
"What is a refugee? English teacher Victorya Rouse assembles a collection of true teen immigration stories essential for our times, complete with maps, context, and background on the refugees' home countries"--
Contents
- Introduction: Do you ever wonder?
- Africa. Libya ; Sudan ; Somalia ; Eritrea and Ethiopia ; Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi
- Asia. Vietnam and Laos ; Burma (Myanmar) ; Bhutan and Nepal ; Iran and Afghanistan ; Iraq ; Syria
- Eastern Europe. Russia ; Ukraine ; Moldova ; Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan ; Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo
- The Americas. Mexico ; El Salvador and Guatemala
- Conclusion: A new home.