Refugee Week reading suggestions
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Titles for Adults
Lola Akinmade-Akerstrom - In Every Mirror She’s Black
Gavin Extence – The End of Time
Melissa Fu – Peach Blossom Spring
Andrew Hesketh – Escape to Gwrych Castle: A Jewish Refugee Story
Christy Lefteri – The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Gil Loescher - Refugees: A Very Short Introduction
William Maley - What is a Refugee?
Hashi Mohamed - People Like Us
Phan Qué̂ Ma Nguyẽ̂n - Dust Child
Gulwali Passarlay – The Lightless Sky: My Journey to Safety as a Child Refugee
We Are Displaced – Malala Yousafzai
Titles for Teenagers
Bessora and Barroux - Alpha: Abidjan to Gare du Nord
Malcolm Duffy – Seven Million Sunflowers
Clare Furniss - The Things We Leave Behind
Ruta Sepetys – Salt to the Sea
Titles for Children
Marie Bamyani - The Power of Welcome
Jasbinder Bilan – Xanthe and the Ruby Crown
Vikki Conley – Under the Red Shawl
Helen Cooper – Saving the Butterfly
Nicola Davies – The Day War Came
Katie Daynes and Ashe de Sousa – Usborne Lift-the-Flap Questions and Answers about Refugees
Neil Gaiman – What You Need to Be Warm
Elise Gravel – What Is a Refugee?
Kiran Millwood Hargrave – Leila and the Blue Fox
Patricia Hegarty – Everybody’s Welcome
Mary Hoffman – The Colour of Home
Victoria Jamieson - When Stars Are Scattered
Hiba Noor Khan - Safiyyah’s War
Wendy Meddour – Lubna and Pebble
Chris Naylor-Ballesteros - The Suitcase
Smriti Prasadam-Halls and Alice Courtley – Home Is Where My Heart Is
Onjali Q. Rauf – The Boy at the Back of the Class
Michael Rosen and Annemarie Young – Who Are Refugees and Migrants?
Francesca Sanna – Me and My Fear