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My beautiful birds / by Del Rizzo, Suzanne.;
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Subjects: Refugees; Refugee camps; Birds;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Counting kindness : ten ways to welcome refugee children / by Kurman, Hollis.; Barroux.;
Follow the journey of immigrant and refugee children from a leaky boat to a new country, a new school, and new friends in this simple counting book.LSC
Subjects: Immigrant children; Refugee children; Kindness; Counting books.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The fox hunt : a refugee's memoir of coming to America / by Al Samawi, Mohammed,author.;
Subjects: Al Samawi, Mohammed.; Refugees;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Vi / by Thúy, Kim,author.; Fischman, Sheila,translator.; translation of:Thúy, Kim.Vi.English.;
"Canada Reads-winner Kim Thúy returns with Vi, once more exploring the lives, loves and struggles of Vietnamese refugees as they reinvent themselves in new lands. The youngest of four children and the only girl, Vi was given a name that meant "precious, tiny one," destined to be cosseted and protected, the family's little treasure. Daughter of an enterprising mother and a wealthy and spoiled father who never had to grow up, the Vietnam War tears their family asunder. While Vi and many of her family members escape, her father stays behind, and her family must fend for themselves in Canada. While her mother and brothers put down roots, life has different plans for Vi. As a young woman, she finds the world opening up to her. Taken under the wing of Hà, a worldly family friend and diplomat lover, Vi tests personal boundaries and crosses international ones, letting the winds of life buffet her. From Saigon to Montreal, from Suzhou to Boston to the fall of the Berlin Wall, she is witness to the immensity of the world, the intricate fabric of humanity, the complexity of love, the infinite possibilities before her. Ever the quiet observer, somehow she must find a way to finally take her place in the world."--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Refugees; Vietnamese Canadians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Vi : [Book Club Set] / by Thúy, Kim,author.; Fischman, Sheila,translator.; translation of:Thúy, Kim.Vi.English.;
"Canada Reads-winner Kim Thúy returns with Vi, once more exploring the lives, loves and struggles of Vietnamese refugees as they reinvent themselves in new lands. The youngest of four children and the only girl, Vi was given a name that meant "precious, tiny one," destined to be cosseted and protected, the family's little treasure. Daughter of an enterprising mother and a wealthy and spoiled father who never had to grow up, the Vietnam War tears their family asunder. While Vi and many of her family members escape, her father stays behind, and her family must fend for themselves in Canada. While her mother and brothers put down roots, life has different plans for Vi. As a young woman, she finds the world opening up to her. Taken under the wing of Hà, a worldly family friend and diplomat lover, Vi tests personal boundaries and crosses international ones, letting the winds of life buffet her. From Saigon to Montreal, from Suzhou to Boston to the fall of the Berlin Wall, she is witness to the immensity of the world, the intricate fabric of humanity, the complexity of love, the infinite possibilities before her. Ever the quiet observer, somehow she must find a way to finally take her place in the world."--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Refugees; Vietnamese Canadians;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 10
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Prisoner #1056 : how I survived war and found peace / by Ratnavel, Roy,1969-author.;
"An incredible rags-to-riches immigrant story from a prominent Tamil Canadian who fled torture and imprisonment, arriving in Canada with
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Ratnavel, Roy, 1969-; Businessmen; Financial executives; Refugees; Refugees; Tamil (Indic people);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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My road from Damascus : a memoir / by Saeed, Jamal,1959-author.; Cobham, Catherine,translator.;
"Jamal Saeed arrived as a refugee in Canada in 2016. In his native Syria, as a young man, his writing pushed both social and political norms. For this reason, as well as his opposition to the regimes of the al-Assads, he was imprisoned on three occasions for a total of 12 years. In each instance, he was held without formal charge and without judicial process. My Road from Damascus not only tells the story of Saeed's severe years in Syria's most notorious military prisons but also his life during the country's dramatic changes. Saeed chronicles modern Syria from the 1950s right up to his escape to Canada in 2016, recounting its descent from a country of potential to a pawn of cynical and corrupt powers. It paints a picture of village life, his rebellion as a young Marxist and evolution into a free thinker, living in hiding as a teenager for 30 months while being hunted by the secret police, his youthful love affairs, how he survived his brutal prison years, his final release, and his family's harrowing escape to Canada. While many prison memoirs focus on the cruelty of incarceration, My Road from Damascus offers a tapestry of Saeed's whole life. It looks squarely at brutality, but also at beauty and poetry, hope and love."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Saeed, Jamal, 1959-; Authors, Canadian; Political refugees; Political refugees;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Those we throw away are diamonds : a refugee's search for home / by Dogon, Mondiant,author.; Krajeski, Jenna,author.;
Rarely do refugees get to tell their own stories. We see them only for a moment, if at all, in flight: Syrians winding through the desert; children searching a Greek shore for their parents; families gathered at the southern border of the U.S. 'Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds' is a stunning and heartbreaking lens on the global refugee crisis, from a man who faced the very worst of humanity and survived to advocate for displaced people around the world.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Dogon, Mondiant; Refugees; Refugees; Tutsi (African people);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The lightless sky : a twelve-year-old refugee's harrowing escape from Afghanistan and his extraordinary journey across half the world / by Passarlay, Gulwali,author.; Ghouri, Nadene,1975-author.;
In The Lightless Sky, Gulwali recalls his remarkable experience and offers a firsthand look at one of the most pressing issues of our time: the modern refugee crisis--the worst displacement of millions of men, women, and children in generations. Few, like Gulwali, make it to a country that offers the chance of freedom and opportunity. A celebration of courage and determination, The Lightless Sky is a poignant account of an exceptional human being who is today an ardent advocate of democracy--and a reminder of our responsibilities to those caught in terrifying and often deadly circumstances beyond their control.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Passarlay, Gulwali.; Political refugees;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A thousand farewells : a reporter's journey from refugee camp to the Arab spring / by Ayed, Nahlah.;
Subjects: Ayed, Nahlah.; Foreign correspondents; Journalists; Palestinian Canadians;
© 2012., Viking,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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