Finding refuge : real-life immigration stories from young people

Call Number

  • 305.9069 R863 TEEN (CEN)

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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.