refugee children

"Threatened by gangs and everyday violence, Benito's family flees El Salvador to an uncertain but safer life in Mexico. They are later joined by Auntie Lara, who lost a son to gang violence and joined a migrant caravan heading to the United States. The story is interwoven with details on how violence in countries whose governments no longer function make a safe life impossible, continuing the cycle of refugees heading to Central and North America"--Provided by publisher.

"One of the first unaccompanied refugee children to enter the United States in 2000, after South Sudan's second civil war took the lives of most of her family, Rebecca's story begins in the late 1980s when, at the age of four, her village was attacked and she had to escape. [This boo k] is the account of that . . . journey"--Amazon.

"Sonita has been a refugee for her entire life. Born in a refugee camp in Pakistan, Sonita had never seen her familys homeland of Afghanistan until, faced with discrimination in Pakistan and possible deportation, her parents decided to return. But despite the end of the war, Afghanistan is not the home Sonitas parents and sister remember. Sonita must adjust to life in a homeland she has never known, and work hard to survive and thrive in a country still full of conflict and insecurity. Interwoven with facts about the conflict in Afghanistan, Sonitas story gives a look at the experiences of Afghan refugees forced to return to a home that no longer exists"--Amazon.

"Fatuma does not remember a time when there was no fighting in her homeland of Somalia. With violence all around them and a lack of food and water, Fatuma and her family are forced to escape to the world's largest refugee camp, in Kenya. Life in the camp is hard, and Fatuma hopes to one day feel safe. Interspersed with facts about Somalia and its people, this narrative tells a story common to many refugees fleeing the country."--Provided by publisher.

"Five of them leave: Miguel, Fernando, Emilio, Jaz and ?ngel The teens have only met recently, but they have a common goal: they want to make it across the US border. In front of them are more than two and a half thousand kilometers all over Mexico, which they have to cover as stowaways on freight trains. Not only hunger and thirst, heat and cold are their opponents - on the road lurk many other dangers: accidents, and its, corrupt police, drug dealers and people smugglers"--Carlsen website.

A young African girl witnesses the impact of war on her village and does not understand why her father leaves to find a better place for the family to live.

A collection of personal stories, paintings, and folktales by refugee children in Kenya who fled their homelands of Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia because of civil war.

Interspersed with facts about the DRC and its people, this narrative tells a story common to many refugees fleeing the country.

Interspersed with facts about Syria and its people, this narrative tells a story common to many refugees fleeing the country.

Interspersed with facts about Iraq and its people, this narrative tells a story common to many refugees fleeing the country.