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  2. Boy 87 - Wikipedia

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    Boy 87 (Refugee 87) is a contemporary novel by Ele Fountain. The refugee crisis is one of the themes in this novel. It is published by Pushkin Children's Books in the UK and by Little Brown in the US (as Refugee 87). The book was written while the author was living in Ethiopia.

  3. Onjali Q. Raúf - Wikipedia

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    Inspired by a Syrian mother and baby she encountered in a Calais refugee camp, it portrays the refugee crisis through the eyes of a child. [7] It was a Sunday Times Bestseller, winner of the 2019 Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] overall winner of the 2019 Waterstones Children's Book Prize , [ 10 ] [ 11 ] and nominated for the ...

  4. Refugee (Gratz novel) - Wikipedia

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    Refugee is a young adult literature novel by Alan Gratz published by Scholastic Corporation in 2019. The book revolves around three main characters from three different eras: early Nazi Germany , 1980s Cuba , and modern-day Syria .

  5. Exit West - Wikipedia

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    Exit West is a 2017 novel by Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid.It is Hamid's fourth novel. The main themes of the novel are emigration and refugee problems. [1] The novel, which can be considered fantasy or speculative fiction, [2] is about a young couple, Saeed and Nadia, who live in an unnamed city undergoing civil war and finally have to flee, using a system of magical doors that lead to ...

  6. Famous Men Who Never Lived - Wikipedia

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    Famous Men Who Never Lived was a finalist for the 2019 Sidewise Award. [1]The Verge considered it a "powerful story of accepting one's fate by putting one foot in front of the other, day by day", and declared that it is "more effective" because it has "no grand, overarching plan to try to fix Hel's world with the help of an intrepid group of scientists."

  7. Salam Neighbor - Wikipedia

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    In Salam Neighbor, the filmmakers sought to understand the human side of the Syrian refugee crisis by living among the refugees. [10] This immersive film style, combined with a social impact campaign, reflects the strategy of Living on One, which was co-founded by Salam Neighbor's directors/producers Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci, [11] and echoes their previous documentary, Living on One ...

  8. Transit (Seghers novel) - Wikipedia

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    The novel's tone is more introspective, while Petzold’s film adaptation emphasizes ambiguity, particularly in its open-ended conclusion. The shift from a sympathetic protagonist in Seghers' book to Petzold’s more complex characterization encourages a nuanced interpretation of the refugee experience.

  9. Abu Bakr Al-Rabeeah - Wikipedia

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    Abu Bakr Al-Rabeeah is a Canadian writer, whose memoir Homes: A Refugee Story, cowritten with Winnie Yeung, was published in 2018. [1]Originally from Iraq, Al-Rabeeah moved with his family to Homs, Syria in 2010 to escape persecution due to their status as minority Sunni Muslims, but were soon forced to move again due to the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War. [2]