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Winter Reading Challenge Read a book about someone who had to leave their home January 2025 |
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New from here
by Kelly Yang
Moving from Hong Kong to California due to the coronavirus, 10-year-old Knox Wei-Evans and his family struggle to stay together and stand up to hate as racism skyrockets during COVID-19, all while finding his place in his new country.
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Shine on, Luz Vâeliz!
by Rebecca Balcâarcel
Sidelined by an injury, soccer star Luz discovers she has a knack for coding and works hard to impress everyone, including her dad who has been treating her differently, but life throws her a curveball when an unexpected guest arrives.
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Farewell Cuba, mi isla
by Alexandra Diaz
Forced to flee 1960 Cuba and seek refuge in America, Victoria and her family arrive in Miami where they must find a way to settle in this new world while trying to bring the rest of their family to safety.
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Unsettled
by Reem Faruqi
Young Nurah reluctantly moves with her family from Karachi, Pakistan, to Peachtree City, Georgia, but, after some ups and downs, begins to feel at home
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Samira surfs
by Rukhsanna Guidroz
After months rebuilding a new life in Bangladesh with her family, Samira decides to become a Bengali surfer girl of Cox's Bazar, in this novel in verse about a young Rohingya girl's journey from isolation and persecution to sisterhood, and from fear to power.
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Sunflower
by Ingrid Laguna
Eleven-year-old Jamila is settling into her new life in Australia. She still misses her home in Iraq, but she's happy to have her whole family safe and together again. One day, Jamila gets some exciting news-her oldest friend from Iraq, Mina, has been granted a visa to come to Melbourne with her family. Jamila can't wait to see her. But when Mina arrives, she is tired and anxious all the time. Can Jamila be a true friend to Mina, and help her feel happy in her new home?
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The turtle of Michigan
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Aref travels from Muscat, Oman, to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he is reunited with his father and tries to adjust to his new life.
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The boy at the back of the class
by Onjali Q. Raúf
When a Syrian refugee boy joins their class, the determined students in Mrs. Kahn's schoolroom learn the newcomer's sad story before concocting a plan to reunite him with his loved ones.
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Other words for home
by Jasmine Warga
Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian community is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the beloved family members who were left behind and forges a new sense of identity shaped by friends and changing perspectives.
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All four quarters of the moon
by Shirley Marr
Interwoven with Chinese mythology, this novel of love and resilience follows Peijing as she shoulders the burden of her fractured family while dealing with her own uncertainties and trying to find her place in the world of an ever-changing, constant moon.
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Kareem between
by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
With the school year getting off to a rough start, Syrian American seventh grader Kareem finds himself stuck between friends, between football, between parents and between right and wrong, and must find his voice amidst the chaos.
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