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- The girl who smiled beads : a story of war and what comes after / by Wamariya, Clemantine,author.; Weil, Elizabeth,1969-author.;
"A riveting story of dislocation, survival and the power of the imagination to save us. Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were "thunder." It was 1994, and in 100 days, more than 800,000 people would be murdered in Rwanda and millions more displaced. Clemantine and her fifteen-year-old sister, Claire, ran and spent the next six years wandering through seven African countries searching for safety--hiding under beds, foraging for food, surviving and fleeing refugee camps, finding unexpected kindness, witnessing unimaginable cruelty. They did not know whether their parents were alive. At age twelve, Clemantine, along with Claire, was granted asylum in the United States--a chance to build a new life. Chicago was disorienting, filled with neon lights, antiseptic smells, endless concrete. Clemantine spoke five languages but almost no English, and had barely gone to school. Many people wanted to help--a family in the North Shore suburbs invited Clemantine to live with them as their daughter. Others saw her only as broken. They thought she needed, and wanted, to be saved. Meanwhile Claire, who had for so long protected and provided for Clemantine, found herself on a very different path, cleaning hotel rooms to support her three children. Raw, urgent, yet disarmingly beautiful, The Girl Who Smiled Beads captures the true costs and aftershocks of war: what is forever lost, what can be repaired, the fragility and importance of memory, the faith that one can learn, again, to love oneself, even with deep scars."--- Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Wamariya, Clemantine.; Genocide; Genocide survivors; Genocide survivors; Refugees; Refugees;
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- Kind / by Green, Alison,1963 December 4-; Scheffler, Axel.;
Illustrations by prominent illustrators accompany this story on how to make the world a better place through kindness, with an emphasis on welcoming refugees.LSC- Subjects: Kindness; Conduct of life; Refugees;
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- Escape from Manus Prison : one man's daring quest for freedom / by Ealom, Jaivet,author.;
"In 2013 Jaivet Ealom fled Myanmar's brutal regime, where Rohingya like him were being persecuted and killed, and boarded a boat of asylum seekers bound for Australia. Instead of finding refuge, he was transported to Australia's infamous Manus Regional Processing Centre. Blistering hot days spent in shipping containers on the island melted into weeks, then years until, finally, facing either jail in Papua New Guinea or being returned to almost certain death in Myanmar, he took matters into his own hands. Drawing inspiration from the hit show Prison Break, Jaivet meticulously planned his escape. He made it out alive but was stateless, with no ID or passport. While the nightmare of Manus was behind him, his true escape to freedom had only just begun. How Jaivet made it to sanctuary in Canada in a six-month-long odyssey by foot, boat, car, and plane, with nothing but his instinct for survival, is miraculous. His story will astonish, anger and inspire you. It will make you reassess what it means to give refuge and redefine what can be achieved by one man determined to beat the odds."--- Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Ealom, Jaivet.; Boat people; Boat people; Boat people; Detention of persons; Escaped prisoners; Escapes; Noncitizen detention centers; Political refugees; Political refugees; Political refugees; Refugees; Refugees; Rohingya (Burmese people); Rohingya (Burmese people);
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- The underground library : a novel / by Ryan, Jennifer(Jennifer L.),author.;
"On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn't the bustling hub she's been expecting. But in the face of German attacks, she's determined to make it a place where all of their neighbors feel safe and welcome. Katie Upwood is thrilled to be working at the library too, though she's only there until she heads off to university in the fall. But after the death of her beau on the front lines and unexpected family strife, she's more in need of support than ever. Sofie Baumann, a Jewish refugee without any family to lean on, finds comfort and friendship in Bethnal Green's quickly growing literary community and escapes to the library every chance she gets. But her asylum in London is tied to a domestic work visa issued by an unscrupulous employer, leaving her vulnerable and uncertain where to turn when her work environment becomes unbearable. So when a slew of bombs damage the library, Juliet can't bear to give up on her safe haven of books and relocates the stacks into an Underground station where the city's residents shelter nightly, determined to keep lending out stories that will keep spirits up. But tragedy after tragedy strikes, threatening to unmoor the women and sever the ties of their community. Will Juliet, Kate, and Sofie be able to overcome their own troubles to save the library? Or will the beating heart of their neighborhood be lost forever?"--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Libraries; Refugees; Women; World War, 1939-1945;
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- The underground library [text (large print)] : a novel / by Ryan, Jennifer(Jennifer L.),author.;
"On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn't the bustling hub she's been expecting. But in the face of German attacks, she's determined to make it a place where all of their neighbors feel safe and welcome. Katie Upwood is thrilled to be working at the library too, though she's only there until she heads off to university in the fall. But after the death of her beau on the front lines and unexpected family strife, she's more in need of support than ever. Sofie Baumann, a Jewish refugee without any family to lean on, finds comfort and friendship in Bethnal Green's quickly growing literary community and escapes to the library every chance she gets. But her asylum in London is tied to a domestic work visa issued by an unscrupulous employer, leaving her vulnerable and uncertain where to turn when her work environment becomes unbearable. So when a slew of bombs damage the library, Juliet can't bear to give up on her safe haven of books and relocates the stacks into an Underground station where the city's residents shelter nightly, determined to keep lending out stories that will keep spirits up. But tragedy after tragedy strikes, threatening to unmoor the women and sever the ties of their community. Will Juliet, Kate, and Sofie be able to overcome their own troubles to save the library? Or will the beating heart of their neighborhood be lost forever?"--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Libraries; Refugees; Women; World War, 1939-1945;
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- The library bus / by Rahman, Bahram,1984-; Grimard, Gabrielle.;
A little girl accompanies her mother on her library bus rounds to a refugee camp and a village.LSC- Subjects: Books and reading; Refugees; Libraries;
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- The blue scarf / by Danawi, Mohamed.; Mannaa, Ruaida.;
When she loses her beloved scarf, Layla becomes a refugee from her Blue world, journeying to worlds of different colors and searching for her prized possession.LSC- Subjects: Refugees; Color; Voyages and travels;
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- The time keepers / by Richman, Alyson,author.;
"Two women from different worlds, joined by the love of a child displaced by war, discover friendship and healing as their lives intersect with a mysterious wounded Vietnam vet named Jack, who works at the Golden Hours-a watch store that mends timepieces-and maybe even damaged souls"--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Refugees; Veterans;
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- Obsidio / by Kaufman, Amie.; Kristoff, Jay.; Lu, Marie,1984-;
LSC- Subjects: Science fiction.; Refugees; Enemies; Space stations; Interplanetary voyages; Artificial intelligence;
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- Steelstriker / by Lu, Marie,1984-;
"With her friends scattered by combat and her mother held captive by the Premier, Talin is forced to betray her fellow Strikers and her adopted homeland. She has no choice but to become the Federation's most deadly war machine as their newest Skyhunter."--Provided by publisher.LSC- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Dystopias.; Refugees; Soldiers; Government, Resistance to; Imaginary wars and battles;
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