political refugees

Enjeela Ahmadi-Miller describes the journey she and her family took to escape Afghanistan after the 1980 Soviet invasion and reconnect with her mother, who never returned after leaving for medical treatment in India.

Presents the text of the darkly humorous play about Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, who is exiled to a magical island with his daughter, Miranda.

The author describes how his father and grandfather were killed by U.S. troops in Afghanistan, causing him and his brother to flee the war-torn country. The twelve-year-old refugee traveled across eight countries, facing smugglers and internment, before arriving in the United Kingdom a year later.

Cata's family never talked politics and now less than ever. The military has taken power in Uruguay, the government has changed and with it the lives of Uruguayans. Fabiola's grandfather, her best friend, has been imprisoned, his father has to leave the country and the girl must spend the summer with their neighbors, who prefer to remain silent on the situation. Cata and Fabiola will soon meet the need of keeping a secret and the dangers of thinking differently.

A young girl in a Thai refugee camp finds the story within herself to create her own pa'ndau.

"When the Nazi Blitzkrieg subjugated Europe in World War II, London became the safe haven for the leaders of seven occupied countries--France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Norway, Czechoslovakia and Poland--who fled there to avoid imprisonment and set up governments in exile to commandeer their resistance efforts. The lone hold-out against Hitler's offensive, Britain became a beacon of hope to the rest of Europe, as prominent European leaders like French general Charles De Gaulle, Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, and King Haakon of Norway competed for Winston Churchill's attention while trying to rule their embattled countries from the precarious safety of 'Last Hope Island'"--Provided by publsher.

"Discusses the questions 'What does it mean to be a refugee--or a migrant? Why would people leave their homes?' ... Answers kids' questions, offers reassurance, and empowers them with ways they can help those affected"--Provided by publisher.

"Tuan and his family survive bullets, a broken motor, and a leaking boat in the long days they spend at sea after fleeing Vietnam. A true story as told to the author by Tuan Ho. Includes family photographs and a historical note about the Vietnamese refugee crisis"--.

"Simon Schwartz was born in 1982 in the GDR (East Germany). One and a half years later, he left the country with his parents, and the family resettled in West Berlin. As political dissidents, his parents experienced harassment by the Stasi and a lack of understanding from members of their own family. This graphic novel memoir chronicles the family's difficult journey to get to the other side of the Berlin Wall"--Provided by publisher.