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Teenage Refugees From Rwanda Speak Out

Teenagers from Rwanda, both Hutu and Tutsi, describe the conditions in their war-torn country that led them to seek safety and new lives in the United States and Canada.

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The Suitcase

A collection of stories, essays, poems, and letters in which refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia discuss the impact the Yugoslav War has had on their lives.

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Teenage Refugees and Immigrants From India Speak Out

Teenagers from India discuss why their families left that country and how they have adjusted to life in the United States.

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Exodus 1947

Ruth Gruber

Presents the story of 4,500 Holocaust survivors who in 1947, attempted a voyage to Palestine.

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Lily's Crossing

Patricia Reilly Giff

Lily feard for her father as he goes to fight in WWII and learns hard lessons in life when she is forced to befriend a refugee from Hungary.

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Teenage Refugees From Somalia Speak Out

Teenagers from Somalia describe the conditions in their war-torn and famine-stricken country and their experiences since coming to live in the United States and Canada.

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The Survivors

Eleanor Ayer

Describes the conditiond of Holocaust survivors when they were liberated as well as their struggle as they attempt to rebuild their lives.

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Teenage Refugees From Vietnam Speak Out

Oral histories of teenage refugees now living in the U.S. and Canada.

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Teenage Refugees From Russia Speak Out

Tatyana Zamenova

Oral histories of teenage refugees now living in the U. S. and Canada.

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Teenage Refugees From Haiti Speak Out

Oral histories of teenage refugees now living in the U. S. and Canada.

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