Child Refugees

For Hương, life in Saigon, Vietnam is mostly normal—at least, as normal as it can be while a war is going on. But when her family decides to take the last flight out of the country to build a new life in America, Hương worries about missing her home. Through new friends and old traditions, Hương learns that no matter where we go, the smell of home and the taste of love can be found anywhere, as long as we have our family.

Packed with humor and heart, this debut middle grade series follows a girl finding her place in a brand-new world of private school and frenemies when her family moves to Hong Kong.

The Day We Met the Queen: 10-year-old Ahmet has become the Most Famous Refugee Boy in the World. In fact, he's so famous even the queen wants to meet him - and his four best friends! So they're off to Buckingham Palace, with a list of questions for her and one special challenge. The Great (Food) Bank Heist: On Thursdays, Nelson, Ashley and Mum head out to the bank. But not just any old bank - the food bank. With its shining tins and packets of food stacked from floor to ceiling, Nelson thinks it's the best kind of bank there is. But there's a thief in town.

When Catharine H. Murray travels to a small town on the banks of the Mekong River to work at a refugee camp, she falls in love and marries a local man with whom she has three sons. When their middle son is diagnosed with cancer at age five, their pursuit of a cure takes them from Thailand to Seattle, before they eventually return to Thailand, settling on a remote mountaintop. Full of honesty and grace, Now You See the Sky allows the listener to witness the fathomless loss of a beloved child and learn how tragedy can transform us, expand our vision, and make us more fully alive.

Depuis qu'il est tout petit, Sami adore les animaux. Tous les animaux ! Ceux qui ont des poils, des plumes ou même des écailles ! Il a beaucoup de chance car ses parents travaillent dans un refuge. C'est un endroit qui accueille des chats, des chiens, des hamsters, des tortues, des oiseaux et plein d'autres encore, qui ont été abandonnés ou qui se sont perdus. Le petit garçon est super content car aujourd'hui il attend un nouvel arrivant ! Suivez les aventures de Sami et Patapouf, les amis du refuge !

Sorrento, Victoria, 1999. Fred's family is a mess. Her mother died when she was six and she's been raised by her Pop and adoptive father, Luca, ever since. But now Pop's had to go away, and Luca's girlfriend Anika and her son have moved in. More and more it feels like a land-grab for family, and Fred is the one being left off the map. Even as things feel like they're spinning out of control for Fred, a crisis from the other side of the world comes crashing in.

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When a young boy asks his parents why he doesn’t have a brother or sister, his mother replies that on the day he was born, they planted an apple tree in their front yard. “The apple tree is your sister,” she says. At night, the boy wraps a blanket around his sister's trunk and during the day he shares all of his secrets with her. One day, they see helicopters in the sky and his parents tell him they must flee. But how can he leave his sister behind? Instead he digs her up and carries her away from their homeland.

Depuis qu'il est tout petit, Sami adore les animaux. Tous les animaux ! Ceux qui ont des poils, des plumes ou même des écailles ! Il a beaucoup de chance car ses parents travaillent dans un refuge. C'est un endroit qui accueille des chats, des chiens, des hamsters, des tortues, des oiseaux et plein d'autres encore, qui ont été abandonnés ou qui se sont perdus. Le petit garçon est super content car aujourd'hui il attend un nouvel arrivant ! Suivez les aventures de Sami et Patapouf, les amis du refuge ! Tout est bien qui finit bien ! Sami et Patapouf resteront amis pour la vie !

Depuis qu'il est tout petit, Sami adore les animaux. Tous les animaux ! Ceux qui ont des poils, des plumes ou même des écailles ! Il a beaucoup de chance car ses parents travaillent dans un refuge. C'est un endroit qui accueille des chats, des chiens, des hamsters, des tortues, des oiseaux et plein d'autres encore, qui ont été abandonnés ou qui se sont perdus. Le petit garçon est super content car aujourd'hui il attend un nouvel arrivant ! Suivez les aventures de Sami et Patapouf, les amis du refuge !

Depuis qu'il est tout petit, Sami adore les animaux. Tous les animaux ! Ceux qui ont des poils, des plumes ou même des écailles ! Il a beaucoup de chance car ses parents travaillent dans un refuge. C'est un endroit qui accueille des chats, des chiens, des hamsters, des tortues, des oiseaux et plein d'autres encore, qui ont été abandonnés ou qui se sont perdus. Le petit garçon est super content car aujourd'hui il attend un nouvel arrivant ! Suivez les aventures de Sami et Patapouf, les amis du refuge !

The only crime and criminals the young woman ever saw were in movies. Suddenly, she found herself in prison with out any evidence of a crime. When she had a severe nervous breakdown because she was unable to bear the separation from her two little children, the head guard in prison threatened her with sending her to a mental hospital. She never shed a tear again. When she was released and pending trial, she found out that her mother was diagnosed with cancer, due to suffering from intense grief. Afterward, she faced the risk of being imprisoned again, in violation of the rule of law, she ...

Kamal is better than anyone else in his school at fading into the background. When you're a refugee and you've started a new school three times in as many years, you learn to keep your head down. But, after a major puke incident in front of the whole school, being invisible is no longer an option. And when Kamal finds a mysterious CHEAT BOOK in the library that promises to help him gain popularity, he sees a chance to finally make his mark.

10-year-old Ahmet has become the Most Famous Refugee Boy in the World. In fact, he's so famous even the queen wants to meet him - and his four best friends! So they're off to Buckingham Palace, with a list of questions for her and one special challenge: will she help more refugee children like Ahmet? But when their journey is unexpectedly interrupted by an old enemy, it will take some quick thinking and an ingenious plan to make it to the palace - and the queen - on time.

Within the pages of 96-year-old Doris’s red address book are the names of all those she has loved and lost, telling the story of a colourful life. Living alone in Stockholm, she is comforted by the weekly calls of her grand-niece Jenny, who is haunted by a painful childhood. Finally, Doris decides to put pen to paper, using her address book to recall the memories of a life well-lived – from 1930s Paris runways to narrow New York escapes during World War Two – and what she and Jenny discover may well change their lives forever....