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Refugees
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HavenRuth Gruber, special assistant to Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, tells about her experiences carrying out a mission to bring one thousand Jewish and Christian refugees from Italy in 1944, and |
940.53 GRU |
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Of Beetles & AngelsAn autobiography in which Mawi Asgedom tells the story of how, at the age of three, he fled civil war in Ethiopia by walking with his mother and brother to a Sudanese refugee camp, and later moved to |
B MAWI |
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Tree GirlWhen, protected by the branches of one of the trees she loves to climb, Gabriela witnesses the destruction of her Mayan village and the murder of nearly all its inhabitants, she vows never to climb ag |
FIC MIK |
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When Heaven and Earth Changed PlacesA haunting memoir of the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a child who survived it. |
959.704 Hay |
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Playing for KeepsOn a Caribbean cruise, sixteen-year-old Rosie meets a teenage Cuban baseball player seeking political asylum in the United States and tries to help him escape a charge of murder. |
FIC Nix |
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Displaced PersonsPresents how victims were treated before and after the holocaust. |
940 Got |
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The Middle of EverywhereTells the stories of newcomers to the United States, focusing on the author's home community in Nebraska, providing insight into how immigrants view Americans, and showing the effects of U.S. |
305.9 PIP |
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My Brother, My Sister, and ILiving as refugees in Japan in 1947 while trying to locate their missing father, thirteen-year-old Yoko and her older brother and sister must endure a bad fire, injury, and false charges of arson, the |
FIC Wat |
