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• The Thing I'm Most Afraid of

  Levine, Kristin (Kristin Sims), 1974-

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  In 1993, 12-year-old Becca, who struggles with an anxiety disorder, visits her divorced father in Austria, where she befriends a Muslim refugee fleeing the Bosnian genocide.

• Samira Surfs

  Guidroz, Rukhsanna,

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  After months of rebuilding a new life in Bangladesh with her family, Samira decides to become a Bengali surfer girl of Cox's Bazar. This novel in verse describes a young Rohingya girl's journey from isolation and persecution to sisterhood, and from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Josephine Against the Sea

  Bourne, Shakirah,

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  When she discovers her father’s new girlfriend is actually a sea creature eager to take her place as his first love, Josephine must convince her friends and use her cricket skills to save her dad from Mariss’ clutches. Set in Barbados.

• Stingers

  White, Randy Wayne,

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  While in the Bahamas with Doc Ford, who is investigating invasive lionfish, Maribel, Luke and Sabina find precious artifacts, but outlaws learn of their find and come after them.

• Nowhere Boy

  Marsh, Katherine,

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  14-year-old Ahmed, a Syrian refugee living on his own in Belgium, meets Max, a 13-year-old American boy, and the two form an important friendship.

• World in Between

  Based on a True Refugee Story

  Trebinčević, Kenan, 1980-

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  Kenan loves drawing and playing soccer with his friends. Sometimes his parents drive him crazy, but he feels loved and protected until the war in Bosnia ruins everything.

• The Rent Collector

  Adapted for Young Readers From the Best-selling Novel

  Wright, Camron Steve,

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  Sang Ly lives at Cambodia's city dump where survival is a daily struggle, but when she develops an unlikely friendship with the ill-tempered rent collector, Sopeap, who teaches her to read, Sang embarks on a life-changing journey to give her son,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Juana & Lucas

  Medina, Juana, 1980-

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  A spunky young girl from Colombia loves playing with her canine best friend and resists boring school activities, especially learning English, until her family tells her about a special trip.

• The Story of Diva and Flea

  Willems, Mo

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  In the bustling city of Paris, France, a small yet brave dog, Diva, and an adventurous cat named Flea become two unlikely friends.

• Nzingha, Warrior Queen of Matamba

  McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017

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  The diary of 13-year-old Nzingha, a 16th-century Angolan princess who loves to hunt and hopes to lead her kingdom one day against the invasion of Portuguese slave traders.

• Pilar Ramirez and the Escape From Zafa

  Randall, Julian,

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  While doing research for her documentary about her cousin Natasha—who disappeared in the Dominican Republic 50 years ago during the Trujillato—12-year-old Pilar Violeta Ramirez is transported to Zafa, an island where Dominican myths and legends come…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tree of Dreams

  Resau, Laura,

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  12-year-old Coco Hidden has grown up in her mother's chocolate shop, but recently things have not been going well. The shop is failing, and her best friendship is on the rocks. But when they both win a culinary contest, the two children and their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Shadow Prince

  Durham, David Anthony, 1969-

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  12-year-old Ash must compete and survive to become the shadow and protector of the prince in this alternate Egyptian universe.

• Treasure of the World

  Sullivan, Tara,

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  After a mining accident kills her father and leaves her brother missing, 12-year-old Ana puts her dreams on hold and goes into the mine to help her family survive in their impoverished Bolivian silver mining community.

• Over and Out

  Walsh, Jenni L.,

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  Sophie has spent her entire life behind the Berlin Wall, guarded by land mines, towers and attack dogs. A science lover, Sophie dreams of becoming an inventor... but that's unlikely in East Berlin. Set in Germany in the early 1970s.

• Serafina's Promise

  a Novel in Verse

  Burg, Ann E

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  In a village outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Serafina works hard to help her family, but dreams of going to school and becoming a doctor—then the earthquake hits, and Serafina must summon all her courage to find her father and still get medicine…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lotería

  Valenti, Karla,

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  In Oaxaca City, Mexico, ancient friends Life and Death discuss free will while engaged in a game of chance, with 11-year-old Clara as the protagonist of their theories and a pawn in their game, moving inevitably towards her ultimate fate.

• The Storm Keeper's Island

  Doyle, Catherine, 1990-

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  Fionn Boyle, terrified of the sea, must spend the summer with his older sister, Tara, and their grandfather on Arranmore, an island that has been known to make people disappear, and seems to be restless again. Set in Ireland.

• Hockey Night in Kenya

  Mutinda, Danson,

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  Kenyan orphans, Kitoo and Nigosi, spend their days studying, playing soccer, helping their elders with chores around the orphanage and reading from the selection of books in their library.

• Words on Fire

  Nielsen, Jennifer A,

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  In 1893, 12-year-old Audra lives on a farm in Lithuania and tries to avoid the Cossack soldiers who enforce the Russian decrees that ban Lithuanian books, religion, culture and even the language.