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Series: Two Drops of Brown in a Cloud of White Hardcover Saumiya Balasubramaniam 9781773062587 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Oct 27, 2020

A child’s joy on a snowy day finally helps her mother feel at home in their new countryA little girl and her mother walk home from school on a snowy winter day. “So much snow,” says Ma. “So monochromatic.” “Mono crow what?” her daughter replies.Ma misses the sun, warmth and colors of their faraway homeland, but her daughter sees magic in everything — the clouds in the winter sky, the “firework” display when she throws an armful of snow into the air, making snow angels, tasting snowflakes. And in the end, her joy is contagious. Home is where fam... + Read More
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Series: Sleeping with the Light On Hardcover David Unger 9781773063843 $16.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Oct 27, 2020

Life in Guatemala is simple for young Davico and his older brother Felipe ... until soldiers invade, and the blackouts begin.Davico lives with his family above La Casita — the Little House — in Guatemala City in the early 1950s. But it’s not just a little house. It’s also the family restaurant! The restaurant provides plenty of distraction and adventure for Davico and his older brother, Felipe. The mean cook, Augusto, and the always-late waiter, Otto, love to play tricks on Davico. There’s a huge oven that Felipe knows how to light — if he can ... + Read More
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Series: Maurice and His Dictionary A True Story Hardcover Cary Fagan 9781771473231 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Oct 15, 2020

This is the story of one refugee family’s harrowing journey, based on author Cary Fagan’s own family history. The graphic novel follows a young Jewish boy, Maurice, and his family as they flee their home in Belgium during the Second World War. They travel by train to Paris, through Spain to Portugal, and finally across the ocean to Jamaica, where they settle in an internment camp. All the while, Maurice is intent on continuing his education and growing up to be a lawyer. He overcomes obstacles to find a professor to study with, works toward ... + Read More
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Series: Yara's Spring Paperback Jamal Saeed 9781773214399 $12.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 - 14 Oct 13, 2020

Coming of age against all odds in the midst of the Arab Spring. Growing up in Aleppo, Yara’s childhood has long been shadowed by the coming revolution. But when the Arab Spring finally arrives at Yara’s doorstep, it is worse than even her Nana imagined: sudden, violent, and deadly. When rescuers dig Yara out from under the rubble that was once her family’s home, she emerges to a changed world. Her parents and Nana are gone, and her brother, Saad, can’t speak—struck silent by everything he’s seen. Now, with her friend Shireen and Shireen’s chari... + Read More
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Series: The Stray and the Strangers Hardcover Steven Heighton 9781773063812 $14.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Sep 29, 2020

Based on a true story, a stray dog befriends an orphan boy in a refugee camp on a Greek island. The fishermen on Lesvos call her Kanella because of her cinnamon color. She’s a scrawny, nervous stray — easily intimidated by the harbor cats and the other dogs that compete for handouts on the pier. One spring day a dinghy filled with weary, desperate strangers comes to shore. Other boats follow, laden with refugees who are homeless and hungry. Kanella knows what that is like, and she follows them as they are taken to a makeshift refugee camp. Ther... + Read More
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Series: Somewhere in the Unknown World A Collective Refugee Memoir Paperback Kao Kalia Yang 9781250296856 $24.50 SOCIAL SCIENCE Nov 10, 2020

From “an exceptional storyteller,”Somewhere in the Unknown World is a collection of powerful stories of refugees who have found new lives in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, told by the award-winning author ofThe Latehomecomer andThe Song Poet.All over this country, there are refugees. But beyond the headlines, few know who they are, how they live, or what they have lost. Although Minnesota is not known for its diversity, the state has welcomed more refugees per capita than any other, from Syria to Bosnia, Thailand to Liberia. Now, with nativism on the... + Read More
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Series: The Paper Boat A Refugee Story Hardcover Thao Lam 9781771473637 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Sep 15, 2020

A Kirkus Reviews most anticipated picture book of fall 2020 with starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, School Library Journal and the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books — a heartfelt and personal immigration story, new from critically acclaimed author Thao Lam New from Thao Lam, the award-winning author of picture books My Cat Looks Like My Dad, Wallpaper, and Skunk on a String, comes a personal story inspired by her family’s refugee journey. In The Paper Boat, Thao’s signature collage art tells the wordless story of one family’s e... + Read More
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Series: Snow Doves Hardcover Nancy Hartry 9781772601350 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 6 Sep 15, 2020

Sami has just arrived in a new country. The snow piled up outside his window is a mysterious and, frankly, chilly surprise! Joy, his new neighbor, does not speak his language, but that does not stop them from communicating as Joy helps Sami overcome his fears. The two new friends get bundled up against the cold, and Sami discovers the magic of playing outside on a snowy day.
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Series: The Eleventh Trade Paperback Alyssa Hollingsworth 9781250211460 $12.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 - 14 Sep 08, 2020

From debut author Alyssa Hollingsworth comes a moving middle-grade story about living with fear, being a friend, and finding a new place to call home.They say you can't get something for nothing, but nothing is all Sami has. When his grandfather’s most-prized possession—a traditional Afghan instrument called a rebab—is stolen, Sami resolves to get it back. He finds it at a music store, but it costs $700, and Sami doesn’t have even one penny. What he does have is a keychain that has caught the eye of his classmate. If he trades the keychain for ... + Read More
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Series: One Madder Woman Paperback Dede Crane 9781988298689 $23.95 FICTION Sep 15, 2020

A memorable and clandestine love story between two visionary artists in 19th-century Paris. "These madmen -- and one madder woman -- paint as if suffering seizures! One cannot make heads or tails of the work without taking ten paces back." In One Madder Woman, Dede Crane vividly recreates the life of Berthe Morisot, the sole female member of the renowned group of artists known as the Impressionists. Inspired by true events, One Madder Woman charts her complicated relationship with her sister and rival, Edma, and her tumultuous love affair with ... + Read More
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Series: Righting Canada's Wrongs Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis Canada's Anti-Semitic Policies in the Twentieth Century Hardcover Rona Arato 9781459415669 $34.95 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 13 - 19 Jan 12, 2021

Prior to the Second World War, Canada's Jewish community was well established in many cities, including Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg. As war grew closer, anti-Semitism across Europe was increasing. Hitler's Nazis were spreading hatred and violence towards Jews across Germany. At first, Jews were allowed to leave Germany and thousands escaped to save themselves and their families. Then countries around the world closed their doors to Jewish refugees. In 1939, the MS St. Louis sailed for Cuba with nearly a thousand Jewish men, women, and childr... + Read More
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Series: Reaching Mithymna Among the Volunteers and Refugees on Lesvos Paperback Steven Heighton 9781771963763 $22.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 15, 2020

A poet’s firsthand account of a month volunteering on the frontlines of the Syrian refugee crisis.In the fall of 2015, Steven Heighton made an overnight decision to travel to the frontlines of the Syrian refugee crisis in Greece and enlist as a volunteer. He arrived on the isle of Lesvos with a duffel bag and a dubious grasp of Greek, his mother's native tongue, and worked on the landing beaches and in OXY-—a jerrybuilt, ad hoc transit camp providing simple meals, dry clothes, and a brief rest to refugees after their crossing from Turkey. In a ... + Read More
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Series: Mercury Series Pier 21 A History Paperback Steven Schwinghamer 9780776631363 $27.95 HISTORY Aug 26, 2020

Entre 1928 et 1971, presque un million d’immigrants sont arrivés par bateau au Canada, plus précisément au Quai 21, situé à Halifax en Nouvelle-Écosse. Durant toute cette période, le Quai 21 fut une des principales « portes d’entrée du Canada » ; ce fut aussi le point de débarquement de presque 400 000 soldats canadiens qui rentraient au pays après avoir effectué leur service militaire en Europe durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Dans la période de l’immédiat après-guerre, le Quai 21 est devenu la porte d’entrée maritime la plus active au Canad... + Read More
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Series: Nowhere Boy Paperback Katherine Marsh 9781250211453 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 - 14 Aug 25, 2020

"A resistance novel for our time."—The New York Times"A hopeful story about recovery, empathy, and the bravery of young people."—Booklist"This well-crafted and suspenseful novel touches on the topics of refugees and immigrant integration, terrorism, Islam, Islamophobia, and the Syrian war with sensitivity and grace." —Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewFourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do with him. Newly arrived in Brussels, Belgium, Ahmed fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in Aleppo, Syria, only to lose his fat... + Read More
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Series: Sigh, Gone A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In Hardcover Phuc Tran 9781250194718 $37.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 21, 2020

For anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong,Sigh, Gone shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of displacement and assimilation woven together with poignant themes from beloved works of classic literature.In 1975, during the fall of Saigon, Phuc Tran immigrates to America along with his family. By sheer chance they land in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a small town where the Trans struggle to assimilate into their new life. In this coming-of-age memoir told through the themes of great books such asThe Metamorphosis,The Scarlet Letter,The... + Read More
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Series: The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez A Border Story Paperback Aaron Bobrow-Strain 9781250251237 $26.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 21, 2020

Winner of the 2020 Pacific Northwest Book Award |Named a 2019 Southwest Book of the YearShortlisted for the 2019 Brooklyn Public Library Literary PrizeWhat happens when an undocumented teen mother takes on the U.S. immigration system?When Aida Hernandez was born in 1987 in Agua Prieta, Mexico, the nearby U.S. border was little more than a worn-down fence. Eight years later, Aida’s mother took her and her siblings to live in Douglas, Arizona. By then, the border had become one of the most heavily policed sites in America.Undocumented, Aida fough... + Read More
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Series: Mother Country A Novel Paperback Irina Reyn 9781250300898 $23.00 FICTION Mar 31, 2020

Starred reviews fromLibrary JournalandPublishers WeeklyAward-winning author Irina Reyn explores what it means to be a mother in a world where you can't be with your childNadia's daily life in south Brooklyn is filled with small indignities: as a senior home attendant, she is always in danger of being fired; as a part-time nanny, she is forced to navigate the demands of her spoiled charge and the preschooler's insecure mother; and as an ethnic Russian, she finds herself feuding with western Ukrainian immigrants who think she is a traitor.The war... + Read More
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Series: My Name is Konisola Paperback Alisa Siegel 9781772601190 $10.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Mar 17, 2020

On a freezing cold winter night, nine-year-old Konisola and her mother step off a plane in Canada. Their home in Nigeria is no longer safe for them, and they are taking the biggest chance of their lives to travel across the world in search of refuge. Soon after they land, disaster strikes, Konisola’s mother falls ill and they become separated. Konisola is forced to fend for herself in a strange country, with no family and no friends. Then she meets a remarkable nurse and things begin to change for the better. But Konisola's future remains uncer... + Read More
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Series: Robert Kroetsch Series Fields of Light and Stone Paperback Angeline Schellenberg 9781772125115 $19.99 POETRY Mar 16, 2020

You lie awake, needlessly fingering this patchwork guilt. Remorse, a code you live by; distress calls for someone to blame. —from “Threads” Following the deaths of her Mennonite grandparents, Angeline Schellenberg began exploring their influence on her life. Her elegiac love letter to them articulates her grief against the backdrop of their involuntary emigration. She artfully captures the immigrant identity, vital to Canadian culture, in poems that draw on events both personal and global: war and famine, dementia and cancer, hidden sacrific... + Read More
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Series: Salma the Syrian Chef Hardcover Danny Ramadan 9781773213750 $21.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Mar 10, 2020

Newcomer Salma and friends cook up a heartwarming dish to cheer up Mama. All Salma wants is to make her mama smile again. Between English classes, job interviews, and missing Papa back in Syria, Mama always seems busy or sad. A homemade Syrian meal might cheer her up, but Salma doesn’t know the recipe, or what to call the vegetables in English, or where to find the right spices! Luckily, the staff and other newcomers at the Welcome Center are happy to lend a hand—and a sprinkle of sumac. With creativity, determination, and charm, Salma brings... + Read More
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Series: The God Child Hardcover Nana Oforiatta Ayim 9781408882429 $34.99 ART Mar 03, 2020

"A beautifully told story of family secrets and conflicting cultural expectations." --Booklist(starred review)"A brave reinvention of the immigrant narrative . . . Cesaire'sNotebookmeets Duras'Lover. Unprecedented" --Taiye Selasi, author ofGhana Must GoA moving, mesmerizing, and astoundingly original debut novel by one of the most exciting literary voices to emerge in recent years.Maya is the only child of an expat Ghanaian couple based in Germany, where as the sole African girl in her school, the pressure is on her to succeed. While her father... + Read More
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Series: Rebel Cinderella From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes Hardcover Adam Hochschild 9781328866745 $43.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Mar 03, 2020

From the best-selling author ofKing Leopold's GhostandSpain in Our Hearts comes the astonishing but forgotten story of an immigrant sweatshop worker who married an heir to a great American fortune and became one of the most charismatic radical leaders of her time. Rose Pastor arrived in New York City in 1903, a Jewish refugee from Russia who had worked in cigar factories since the age of eleven. Two years later, she captured headlines across the globe when she married James Graham Phelps Stokes, scion of one of the legendary 400 families of New... + Read More
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Series: Yusra Swims Hardcover Julie Abery 9781568463292 $28.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8 Feb 25, 2020

A biography in rhyme relates the story of Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini.
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Series: A Galaxy of Sea Stars Hardcover Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo 9780374309091 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Feb 04, 2020

A Galaxy of Sea Starsis Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo’s second middle-grade novel—a heartwarming story about family, loyalty, and the hard choices we face in the name of friendship.Sometimes, the truth isn’t easy to see. Sometimes, you have to look below the surface to find it.Eleven-year-old Izzy feels as though her whole world is shifting, and she doesn’t like it. She wants her dad to act like he did before he was deployed to Afghanistan. She wants her mom to live with them at the marina where they’ve moved instead of spending all her time on Block ... + Read More
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Series: American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club) A Novel Hardcover Jeanine Cummins 9781250209764 $36.50 FICTION Jan 21, 2020

#1New York Times BestsellerOPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK“Extraordinary.”—Stephen King“This book is not simply the great American novel; it’s the great novel oflas Americas. It’s the great world novel! This is the international story of our times. Masterful.”—Sandra CisnerosTambiÃ©n de este lado hay sueÃ±os.On this side, too, there are dreams.Lydia Quixano PÃ©rez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to sho... + Read More
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Series: Open Borders The Science and Ethics of Immigration Paperback Bryan Caplan 9781250316967 $26.99 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Oct 29, 2019

An Economist “Our Books of the Year” SelectionEconomist Bryan Caplan makes a bold case for unrestricted immigration in this fact-filled graphic nonfiction.American policy-makers have long been locked in a heated battle over whether, how many, and what kind of immigrants to allow to live and work in the country. Those in favor of welcoming more immigrants often cite humanitarian reasons, while those in favor of more restrictive laws argue the need to protect native citizens.But economist Bryan Caplan adds a new, compelling perspective to the imm... + Read More
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Series: Open Borders The Science and Ethics of Immigration Hardcover Bryan Caplan 9781250316974 $36.50 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Oct 29, 2019

An Economist “Our Books of the Year” SelectionEconomist Bryan Caplan makes a bold case for unrestricted immigration in this fact-filled graphic nonfiction.American policy-makers have long been locked in a heated battle over whether, how many, and what kind of immigrants to allow to live and work in the country. Those in favor of welcoming more immigrants often cite humanitarian reasons, while those in favor of more restrictive laws argue the need to protect native citizens.But economist Bryan Caplan adds a new, compelling perspective to the imm... + Read More
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Series: Caravan to the North Misael’s Long Walk Hardcover Jorge Argueta 9781773063294 $16.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 Oct 01, 2019

An urgent and eloquent account of a boy traveling in a caravan from his beloved homeland of El Salvador to the US border. This novel in verse is a powerful first-person account of Misael Martínez, a Salvadoran boy whose family joins the caravan heading north to the United States. We learn all the different reasons why people feel the need to leave — the hope that lies behind their decision, but also the terrible sadness of leaving home. We learn about how far and hard the trip is, but also about the kindness of those along the way.Finally, once... + Read More
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Series: Here We Are American Dreams, American Nightmares (A Memoir) Hardcover Aarti Namdev Shahani 9781250204752 $36.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 01, 2019

Here We Areis a heart-wrenching memoir about an immigrant family's American Dream, the justice system that took it away, and the daughter who fought to get it back, from NPR correspondent Aarti Namdev Shahani.The Shahanis came to Queens—from India, by way of Casablanca—in the 1980s. They were undocumented for a few unsteady years and then, with the arrival of their green cards, they thought they'd made it. This is the story of how they did, and didn't; the unforeseen obstacles that propelled them into years of disillusionment and heartbreak; an... + Read More
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Series: My Friend Hardcover Elisa Amado 9781554989393 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Oct 01, 2019

From acclaimed author and translator Elisa Amado and award-winning illustrator Alfonso Ruano, My Friend is the story of the meaning of friendship in the life of an immigrant child.Friendship — to be known, to be accepted as you are, to feel safe, especially when you are vulnerable. The girl in this story has recently arrived in Brooklyn with her family. On her very first day at school she meets a girl who almost instantly becomes her very best friend. She feels known, loved and accepted by her. But when she invites her friend to come for dinner... + Read More
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Series: Life Writing What the Oceans Remember Searching for Belonging and Home Hardcover Sonja Boon 9781771124232 $29.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 25, 2019

Author Sonja Boon’s heritage is complicated. Although she has lived in Canada for more than thirty years, she was born in the UK to a Surinamese mother and a Dutch father. Boon’s family history spans five continents: Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia, South America, and North America. Despite her complex and multi-layered background, she has often omitted her full heritage, replying “I’m Dutch-Canadian” to anyone who asks about her identity. An invitation to join a family tree project inspired a journey to the heart of the histories that have shap... + Read More
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Series: The Other Side Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border Hardcover Juan Pablo Villalobos 9780374305734 $24.50 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 12 - 18 Sep 10, 2019

Award-winning Mexican author Juan Pablo Villalobos explores illegal immigration with this emotionally raw and timely nonfiction book about ten Central American teens and their journeys to the United States.You can't really tell what time it is when you're in the freezer.Every year, thousands of migrant children and teens cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The journey is treacherous and sometimes deadly, but worth the risk for migrants who are escaping gang violence and poverty in their home countries. And for those refugees whodosucceed? They face a... + Read More
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Series: Pie in the Sky Hardcover Remy Lai 9781250314093 $28.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 11 May 14, 2019

A poignant, laugh-out-loud illustrated middle-grade novel about an eleven-year-old boy's immigration experience, his annoying little brother, and their cake-baking hijinks! Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang!AParents Magazine Best Kids Book of the Year!A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year!AnNPRBest Book of the Year!AHorn BookBest Book of the Year!AKirkusBest Book of the Year!Recipient of FIVE starred reviews!"Pie in the Sky is like enjoying a decadent cake . . . heartwarming and rib-tickling." —Terri Libenson, be... + Read More
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Series: Pie in the Sky Paperback Remy Lai 9781250314109 $16.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 11 May 14, 2019

A poignant, laugh-out-loud illustrated middle-grade novel about an eleven-year-old boy's immigration experience, his annoying little brother, and their cake-baking hijinks! Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang!AParents Magazine Best Kids Book of the Year!A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year!AnNPRBest Book of the Year!AHorn BookBest Book of the Year!AKirkusBest Book of the Year!Recipient of FIVE starred reviews!"Pie in the Sky is like enjoying a decadent cake . . . heartwarming and rib-tickling." —Terri Libenson, be... + Read More
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Series: Swan Dive Hardcover Brenda Hasiuk 9781773061467 $17.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 May 01, 2019

A teenage refugee adapts to a new country, a new language, new school and even finds a wonderful best friend, until the pressures of past and present collide and lead to a lie that changes everything.Refugees from the Bosnian War, Lazar’s family flees the Siege of Sarajevo and arrives in Winnipeg in the early 1990s. Despite various mini dramas unfolding at home, as his parents and older sisters navigate a new language, the bitter cold and a strange city and country, Lazar manages to find a place for himself at school, largely by making friends ... + Read More
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Series: The Courage of Elfina Hardcover André Jacob 9781459414198 $24.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 - 18 Mar 05, 2019

IBBY Honour List 2020Twelve-year-old Elfina lives with her grandmother in Paraguay. When a distant relative offers to have Elfina come live with her in the city so she can attend school, Elfina's grandmother sends her off for a better life. But life with her relatives isn't what Elfina thought it would be, and soon Elfina finds herself far away from home, living in Canada, and kept as a domestic servant by the family. School and an education are now a distant dream. When Elfina's uncle makes inappropriate advances at her, she knows she must som... + Read More
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Series: Cold White Sun Hardcover Sue Farrell Holler 9781773060811 $18.95 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Mar 01, 2019

A stranger-than-fiction story based on the real-life experiences of a young boy who was smuggled out of Ethiopia amid political unrest to start a new life from nothing in Calgary, Alberta.Tesfaye lives behind the safe walls of his family’s compound in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. His father is an important man, Tesfaye goes to one of the best schools in the city, his mother and older sisters keep him fed and cared for. He and his beloved brother, Ishi, can spend their time playing soccer, racing chickens and spying on the guests — as long as they sta... + Read More
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Series: Mustafa Hardcover Marie-Louise Gay 9781773061382 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Aug 01, 2018

Boston Globe, Best 2018 Books for ChildrenTD Canadian Children's Literature Award FinalistMustafa and his family traveled a long way to reach their new home. Some nights Mustafa dreams about the country he used to live in, and he wakes up not knowing where he is. Then his mother takes him out to the balcony to see the moon — the same moon as in their old country. In the park, Mustafa sees ants and caterpillars and bees — they are the same, too. He encounters a “girl-with-a-cat,” who says something in a language that he can’t understand. He watc... + Read More
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Series: The Strange Hardcover Jerome Ruillier 9781770463172 $24.95 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Jun 12, 2018

The story of one undocumented immigrant's journey, told by the people who employ him, feed him, and report on him The Strange follows an unnamed, undocumented immigrant who tries to forge a new life in a Western country where he doesn?t speak the language. The story is deftly told through myriad viewpoints, as each narrator recounts a situation in which they crossed paths with the newly arrived foreigner. Many of the people he meets are suspicious of his unfamiliar background, or of the unusual language they do not understand. By employing t... + Read More
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Series: Homes A Refugee Story Paperback Abu Bakr al Rabeeah 9781988298283 $19.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 01, 2018

Finalist for the 2018 Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction and the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Politcal Writing. Audience choice winner of Canada ReadsIn 2010, the al Rabeeah family left their home in Iraq in hope of a safer life. They moved to Homs, in Syria ? just before the Syrian civil war broke out. Abu Bakr, one of eight children, was ten years old when the violence began on the streets around him: car bombings, attacks on his mosque and school, firebombs late at night. Homes tells of the strange juxtapositions of growing up in a war... + Read More
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Series: Malaika’s Winter Carnival Hardcover Nadia L. Hohn 9781554989201 $18.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Sep 01, 2017

When Malaika moves to Canada, there’s a lot to get used to, especially Carnival in the wintertime!Malaika is happy to be reunited with Mummy, but it means moving to Canada, where everything is different. It’s cold in Québec City, no one understands when she talks and Carnival is nothing like the celebration Malaika knows from home!When Mummy marries Mr. Frédéric, Malaika gets a new sister called Adèle. Her new family is nice, but Malaika misses Grandma. She has to wear a puffy purple coat, learn a new language and get used to calling this new p... + Read More
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Series: It Ain't So Awful, Falafel Paperback Firoozeh Dumas 9781328740960 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 - 12 Aug 15, 2017

Zomorod (Cindy) Yousefzadeh is the new kid on the block . . . for the fourth time. California’s Newport Beach is her family’s latest perch, and she’s determined to shuck her brainy loner persona and start afresh with a new Brady Bunch name—Cindy. It’s the late 1970s, and fitting in becomes more difficult as Iran makes U.S. headlines with protests, revolution, and finally the taking of American hostages. Even puka shell necklaces, pool parties, and flying fish can't distract Cindy from the anti-Iran sentiments that creep way too close to home. A... + Read More
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Series: Ira Crumb Ira Crumb Makes a Pretty Good Friend Hardcover Naseem Hrab 9781771471718 $19.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 Aug 15, 2017

A comical story about a new kid who really, really wants to make friends. Meet Ira Crumb. He’s the new kid in town. He knows what that means: when the new school year starts, he’ll play alone at recess, eat alone at lunch, and walk home alone at the end of the day. So Ira launches a whole-hearted campaign to befriend neighborhood kids before the first day. But his best-laid plans — A sandwich stand! A dance-off! — fall flat, and playing it cool doesn’t seem to work either. Just as Ira decides school will be HORRIBLE, a comical misundersta... + Read More
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Series: From Far Away Paperback Robert Munsch 9781554519392 $11.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 Aug 08, 2017

When Saoussan immigrated with her family from war-torn Lebanon, she was only seven years old. This picture book tells the story of how she had to adjust to her new home in Canada. She describes the frustration of not understanding the teacher when she started school, not knowing how to ask to go to the bathroom, and being terrified of a Hallowe’en skeleton. This is the perfect book to help kids empathize with immigrant children whose experiences are very similar to Saoussan’s.
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Series: Stormy Seas Stories of Young Boat Refugees Paperback Mary Beth Leatherdale 9781554518951 $14.95 YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Age (years) from 10 - 14 Apr 11, 2017

A treacherous voyage across the open seas is the last hope for safety and freedom for five young people from around the world. The phenomenon of desperate refugees risking their lives to reach safety is not new. For hundreds of years, people have left behind family, friends, and all they know in hope of a better life. This book presents five true stories about young people who lived through the harrowing experience of setting sail in search of asylum: Ruth and her family board the St. Louis to escape Nazism; Phu sets out alone from war-torn Vi... + Read More
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Series: Where Will I Live? Hardcover Rosemary McCarney 9781772600285 $19.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 5 - 9 Apr 04, 2017

Every child needs a home. They need somewhere safe where they can be happy, eat their meals with their family, play with their toys, and go to sleep at night feeling unafraid. But many children all over the world have had to leave their homes because they are no longer safe. Because of war and conflict, they and their families have become refugees. For them life is hard and full of questions. In spite of everything, they find time to laugh, play, and make friends. And most importantly, they have hope that somewhere, someone will welcome them to... + Read More
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Series: Making Canada Home How Immigrants Shaped This Country New edition Hardcover Susan Hughes 9781771472029 $24.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Nov 15, 2016

People from every single country in the world call Canada home. From the very first arrivals as long as 30,000 years ago—the ancestors of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples—right up until today, people have settled in this country to build a better life. Making Canada Home chronicles the country’s major waves of immigration, from welcoming early European arrivals to becoming a modern-day safe haven for refugees. The book also acknowledges times when Canada has not been especially welcoming. It explores how each period of immigration has shaped the l... + Read More
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Series: Anna Wang Novel The Year of the Three Sisters A Real-World Survival Guide Paperback Andrea Cheng 9780544668492 $9.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Mar 08, 2016

It's summer time and twelve-year old Anna Wang is writing letters and exchanging English for Chinese lessons with her pen pal Fan in China. When Anna and her friend Andee decide to invite Fan to stay as an exchange student in Cincinnati, Fan responds in an unexpected way. Through this experience, Anna learns more about family values in today's Chinese culture.In the fourth chapter book sequel toThe Year of the Book,The Year of the Baby, andThe Year of the Fortune Cookie, Anna grows her understanding of how to overcome conflict with communicat... + Read More
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Series: My Two Blankets Hardcover Irena Kobald 9780544432284 $25.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Sep 01, 2015

Cartwheel moves to a new country with her auntie, and everything is strange: the animals, the plants—even the wind. An old blanket gives Cartwheel comfort when she’s sad—and a new blanket just might change her world.This multicultural story of friendship is about leaving home, moving to a foreign and strange place, and finding a new friend. It's a story for all who have experienced change. Irena Kobald’s poetic text, paired with Kate Greenaway medalist Freya Blackwood's powerful paintings, renders an emotional and heart-warming story about two ... + Read More
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Series: My Name Is Yoon Paperback Helen Recorvits 9781250057112 $10.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Jun 10, 2014

Getting to feel at home in a new countryYoon's name means "shining wisdom," and when she writes it in Korean, it looks happy, like dancing figures. But her father tells her that she must learn to write it in English. In English, all the lines and circles stand alone, which is just how Yoon feels in the United States. Yoon isn't sure that she wants to be YOON. At her new school, she tries out different names—maybe CAT or BIRD. Maybe CUPCAKE!Helen Recorvits's spare and inspiring story about a little girl finding her place in a new country is give... + Read More
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Series: The Quiet Place Hardcover Sarah Stewart 9780374325657 $25.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 9 Sep 18, 2012

When Isabel and her family move to the United States, Isabel misses all the things she left behind in Mexico, especially her aunt Lupita and hearing people speak Spanish. But she also experiences some wonderful new things--her first snow storm and a teacher who does not speak Spanish but has a big smile. Even better, Papa and her brother Chavo help her turn a big box into her own quiet place, where she keeps her books and toys and writes letters to Aunt Lupita. As she decorates and adds moreand more on to her quiet place, it is here that Isabe... + Read More
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Series: A Long Way from Home Paperback Alice Walsh 9781926920795 $11.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 13 Sep 10, 2012

Thirteen-year-old Rabia, along with her mother and younger brother, flee Afghanistan and the brutal Taliban for Pakistan. Relocating to North America, their flight falls on the fateful morning of 9/11. After the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, their plane is diverted to Gander, Newfoundland. Also on the plane is an American boy named Colin, who struggles with his prejudices against Rabia and her family. The people in the small community of Gander, including teens Jason and Leah, open their hearts and their homes to ... + Read More
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Series: A Long Walk to Water Based on a True Story Paperback Linda Sue Park 9780547577319 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 - 12 Jun 01, 2012

The New York Timesbestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels tocontact wit... + Read More
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Series: Dear Baobab Hardcover Cheryl Foggo 9781897187913 $15.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 Sep 01, 2011

Maiko has left his village in Africa far behind, moving to live with his aunt and uncle in North America. When he thinks of home he thinks of the large Baobab at the center of his old village. To ease his loneliness, Maiko adopts the little spruce tree in the front yard of his new home. When he learns that the spruce is in danger of being cut down, Maiko knows he can’t let that happen. He knows all too well what it’s like to be small, and feel planted in the wrong place.