CIS Secondary Library: Y9 PBL Displaced Persons

A biographical novel traces the story of Valentino Achak Deng, who as a boy was separated from his family when his village in southern Sudan was attacked, and became one of the estimated 17,000 "lost boys of Sudan" before relocating from a Kenyan refugee camp to Atlanta in 2001.

Separated by decades, Josef, a Jew living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a girl trying to escape unrest in 1994 Cuba; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence, embark on journeys in search of refuge.

Twelve-year-old Sora and her eight-year-old brother, Youngsoo, must try to escape North Korea's oppressive Communist regime on their own in 1950. Includes historical notes, photographs of the author's mother, glossary of Korean words, and timeline.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner [Malala Yousafzai] presents an urgent reminder about the plight of the world's refugees that draws on her own experiences and the stories of some of the remarkable refugee girls she has met through the course of her advocacy journey.

Examines the refugee crisis in Europe as droves of people try to escape turmoil in the Middle East and Africa, describing the agonizing stories and terrible decisions that migrants have to make as they head toward what they believe is a better life.

Explores the Syrian refugee crisis and shares survivors' stories of both horror and hope.