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15.10.2020

The Bone Sparrow

Author: Zana Fraillon 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 …

15.10.2020

Making It Home: Real-Life Stories from Children Forced to Flee

Author: Beverley Naidoo In this inspiring collection, children living all over the world speak about being forced to flee their homes as refugees. With original, autobiographical accounts, Making It Home gives a poignant voice to the millions of young people …

09.10.2020

How I Learned Geography

Author:Uri Shulevitz Having fled from war in their troubled homeland, a boy and his family are living in poverty in a strange country. Food is scarce, so when the boy’s father brings home a map instead of bread for supper, …

04.09.2020

Life Above All

Just after the death of her newly-born sister, Chanda, 12 years old, learns of a rumor that spreads like wildfire through her small, dust-ridden village near Johannesburg. It destroys her family and forces her mother to flee. Sensing that the …