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Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2017
Description
On the afternoon of Friday 13th July 1956, seven desperate young people boarded a commercial flight in the People's Republic of Hungary with the intention of hijacking it, diverting it to West Germany and claiming political asylum. They had no weapons, no map and no idea whether the plane carried enough fuel to get them there. One of the seven was Frank Iszak, and this is his story.
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Description
Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo - until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are forced to escape. But what Afra has seen is so terrible she has gone blind, and so they must embark on a perilous journey through Turkey and Greece towards an uncertain future in Britain. On the way, Nuri is sustained by the...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Nadia?s family is forced to flee their home in Aleppo, Syria, when the Arab Spring sparks a civil war in this timely coming-of-age novel from award-winning author N.H. Senzai. Silver and gold balloons. A birthday cake covered in pink roses. A new dress. Nadia stands at the center of attention in her parents? elegant dining room. This is the best day of my life, she thinks. Everyone is about to sing ?Happy Birthday,? when her uncle calls from the living...
7) Exit west
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In a city swollen by refugees but still mostly at peace, or at least not yet openly at war, Saeed and Nadia share a cup of coffee, and their story begins. It will be a love story but also a story about war and a world in crisis, about how we live now and how we might live tomorrow. Before too long, the time will come for Nadia and Saeed to leave their homeland. When the streets are no longer useable and all options are exhausted, this young couple...
10) The end of time
Author
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Beneath the stars, on a stony beach, stand two brothers. They are wearing lifejackets that are too big for them and their most precious belongings are sealed in waterproof bags tucked inside the rucksacks on their backs. Turkey is behind them. Two or three kilometres' swim away is the Greek island of Samos, now only a smudge in the moonlight. Their feet are blistered from walking, their energy is failing. They wade forward into the Aegean Sea and...
13) Mud city
Author
Publisher
Oxford U P
Pub. Date
2004
Description
A refugee girl from Afghanistan attempts to get to France.
14) Ruby Tanya
Author
Publisher
Corgi Yearling
Pub. Date
2005
Description
A school-girl and her friend from the local asylum seekers camp overcome the racial prejudice that blows up when a bomb goes off at their school and together help prevent those responsible from committing a second atrocity.
15) The breadwinner
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Publisher
Oxford U P
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Based on true stories of Afghan refugees, this novel describes how a girl defies the Taliban and dresses as a boy in order to feed her family.
16) No country
Author
Publisher
David Fickling Bks
Pub. Date
2021
Description
In a Britain where civil war is raging, a family try to live as normal a life as possible while planning to escape overseas.
19) We come apart
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Follows the romance between Romanian refugee Nicu, and Jess, whose home life is overshadowed by violence.