Refugees, seeking asylum and moving to a new country

 

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1788004485
Author: Naylor-Ballesteros, Chris
Year: 2019
Media class: Paperback
Classification: PIC
ISBN: 9781788004480
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0340881984
Author: Almond, David
Year: 2008
Media class: Hardback
Classification: TEE
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9780340881989
Note: A jackdaw leads two boys to an old farm house where they find a baby, wrapped in a blanket, with a scribbled note pinned to it.
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1845074254
Author: Hoffman, Mary
Year: 2005
Media class: Paperback
Classification: POR
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781845074258, 1845074254
Note: Shows a Somali refugee boy's experiences at his new school in England.
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1780264046
Author: McCarney, Rosemary
Year: 2017
Media class: Hardback
Classification: J362.87
ISBN: 9781780264042
Note: This is a stunning photo picture book for younger readers looking at children around the world who have been forced to flee war and conflict.
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1408894998
Author: Zephaniah, Benjamin
Year: 2017
Media class: Paperback
Classification: TEE
ISBN: 9781408894996
Note: Alem, the product of an Ethiopian father and Eritrean mother is left alone in London, his fate is resting in the hands of the Refugee Council and the British justice system. This story charts Alem's fate as he is moved from children's home to foster family and in and out of court hearings.
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1848575874
Author: Hegarty, Patricia
Year: 2017
Media class: Hardback
Classification: PIC
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781848575875
Note: Wouldn't it be great if you could build a home that opened its doors to everyone - tall or short, fat or thin, rich or poor. Well, perhaps if everybody pitches in to help, one little mouse can achieve that dream.
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1405280522
Author: Barroux
Year: 2016
Media class: Paperback
Classification: PIC
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781405280525
Note: When Polar Bear and his friends are swept away from their icy home, they hope to find refuge in a new land. But when they are turned away from one new place after another, they start to doubt that they will ever find somewhere they will be made welcome.
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1776573137
Author: Watanabe, Issa
Year: 2020
Media class: Hardback
Classification: POR
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781776573134
Note: With forceful simplicity, 'Migrants' narrates the journey of a group of animals leaving a leafless forest. Borders must be crossed, sacrifices made, loved ones left behind. Watanabe takes extraordinary care to show the individuality and humanity of each migrant - through the detailed patterns on their clothing, their care of each other as they set
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1509840494
Author: Laird, Elizabeth
Year: 2017
Media class: Hardback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781509840496
Note: 12-year-old Omar and his brothers and sisters were born and raised in the beautiful and bustling city of Bosra, Syria. Omar doesn't care about politics - all he wants is to grow up to become a successful businessman who will take the world by storm.
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0241423201
Author: Gravel, Elise
Year: 2019
Media class: Hardback
Classification: POR
ISBN: 9780241423202
Note: This is an accessible picture book that oh-so-simply and graphically introduces the term 'refugee' to curious young children to help them better understand the world in which they live. Who are refugees? Why are they called that word? Why do they need to leave their country? Why are they sometimes not welcome in their new country? In this relevant
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1510101551
Author: Fraillon, Zana
Year: 2017
Media class: Paperback
Classification: TEE
ISBN: 9781510101555
Note: Subhi is a refugee. Born in an immigration detention centre, life behind the fences is all he has ever known. Then he meets Jimmie, a scruffy, impatient girl from the other side of the fence ....
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0192758950
Author: Lewis, Gill
Author: Weaver, Jo
Year: 2017
Media class: Hardback
Classification: STO
ISBN: 9780192758958
Note: A small boat drifts on the sea. Far from home, the people inside have lost everything. But as the boat spins slowly on the rising sea, they share a song and a story to keep hope alive in their hearts
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1911370065
Author: Milner, Kate
Year: 2017
Media class: Paperback
Classification: POR
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781911370062
Note: A young boy discusses the journey he is about to make with his mother. They will leave their town, she explains, and it will be sad but also a little bit exciting. They will have to say goodbye to friends and loved ones, and that will be difficult.
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178607477X
Author: Diaz, Junot
Year: 2018
Media class: Hardback
Classification: POR
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781786074775
Note: Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else. Hers was a school of faraway places. So when Lola's teacher asks the students to draw a picture of where their families immigrated from, all the kids are excited. Except Lola. She can't remember The Island - she left when she was just a baby.
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0857636308
Author: Gemin, G. R
Year: 2016
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9780857636300
Note: Joe's family run the local cafe in Bryn Mawr. It's seen better days and Joe's mam wants to sell it. But it was started before the war by Joe's Italian great-great grandfather, and he can't bear to see it shut. He vows to save the family business, and find out more about his past at the same time.
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1910411582
Author: Mitchell, Jane
Year: 2017
Media class: Paperback
Classification: TEE
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781910411582
Note: Ghalib doesn't want to leave his home in Syria. But the city has become too dangerous, and his family has no choice but to flee. Together they make their way through Syria to the Turkish border, where Ghalib gets separated from his family. Stricken with grief and fear, fighting cold, pain and hunger, he manages to make it to a refugee camp in Turkey.
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1445155206
Author: Senker, Cath
Year: 2017
Media class: Hardback
Classification: J325.21
ISBN: 9781445155203
Note: What if you had to leave your home and you could never go back? What do you think that would be like? For millions of Syrian and Iraqi citizens (and for people from many other nations around the world), these are the question they face.
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1781123691
Author: Ashley, Bernard
Year: 2014
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781781123690
Note: Nadine hates her new life. She doesn't speak the language, she can't understand what's going on, and more than anything, it's just not home. Especially since her father isn't here with them in the UK. But it just wasn't safe in Goma anymore, not with the uprising and the violence of the rebel soldiers.
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0734415869
Author: Tan, Shaun
Year: 2014
Media class: Paperback
Classification: POR
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9780734415868
Note: No publication date for additional copies What drives so many to leave everything behind and journey alone to a mysterious country, a place without family or friends, where everything is nameless and the future is unknown. This silent graphic novel is the story of every migrant, every refugee, every displaced person, and a tribute to all those who have made the journey.
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1471405036
Author: Lester, Cas
Year: 2017
Media class: Paperback
Classification: STO
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 9781471405037
Note: Jaz has found the best way to make friends with new girl Nadima, who doesn't speak any English - by offering her a chocolate bar. Nadima grins and offers back some Turkish Delight, the ice is broken, and a special friendship begins.
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