Books

=**__Africa:__**=

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
by Alexandra Fuller "Alexandra "Bobo" Fuller's journey crosses unchartered roads. This dazzlingly written memoir of a young English-born girl, whose family moves to strife-torn Rhodesia in 1972, paints a canvas of a landscape few Americans will easily recognize. The family barely scrapes by as Rhodesia is ravaged by war, then relocates to the bleak, inhospitable landscape of Malawi and finally settles on a farm in Zambia. Along the way, these insistent white settlers encounter an environment many might question." (Barnesandnoble.com)

(Review at [|ContemporaryLit.com])

=**__Child Soldiers:__**= =Beasts of No Nation= = = by Uzodinma Iweala "This astonishing debut by a gifted 23-year-old American of Nigerian ancestry tracks an African child soldier's descent into hell. " (Monstersandcritics.com)

(Review at [|Amazon.com.])

=__Eritrea:__=

Refugee Boy
by Benjamin Zephaniah "Alem is taken to Britain to escape the fighting between Eritrea and Ethiopia, only to find that he now has to cope with the difficulties of being a refugee in a strange country" (Birmingham.Gov.Uk, n.p.). (Review at [|Amazon.com])

=**__Iraq:__**=

Kiss the Dust
by Elizabeth Laird " This story is based on the experiences of the many Kurdish people who have been forced to flee their homes in Iraq. To avoid arrest by the secret police, teenager Tara and her family escape across the Zagros mountains, enduring a terrifying journey before arriving in London where they have to adjust to a new life" (Birmingham.Gov.Uk, n.p.).

(Review at [|Amazon.com])

=__**Muslim World:**__=

Infidel
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali "This is an account of the life of the Somali-born Ali and her struggle with her Muslim faith. In it she discusses how her experiences in the political chaos of Somalia shaped her views." (Shvoong.com)

(Review at [|Amazon.com])

=**__Nigeria:__**=

The Other Side of Truth
by Beverly Naidoo. "After their mother is murdered for political reasons, two Nigerian children are sent to seek safety in London. The woman who is paid to take them abandons them and they are left to survive on their own in a frightening and strange city. They must look after each other and try to contact their father who is still in Africa. This book won the Carnegie Medal award for children's books" (Birmingham.Gov.Uk, n.p.).

(Review at [|Amazon.com])

=__**Refugee Hub:**__=

The Middle of Everywhere
by Mary Pipher

"Over the past decade, Mary Pipher has been a great source of wisdom, helping us to better understand our family members. Now she connects us with the newest members of the American family--refugees. In cities all over the country, refugees arrive daily. Lost Boys from Sudan, survivors from Kosovo, families fleeing Afghanistan and Vietnam: they come with nothing but the desire to experience the American dream. Their endurance in the face of tragedy and their ability to hold on to the virtues of family, love, and joy are a lesson for Americans. Their stories will make you laugh and weep--and give you a deeper understanding of the wider world in which we live." (Harcourtbooks.com) (Review at [|Amazon.com])

=__**Sarajevo:**__=

Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo
by Zlata Filipovic

"Zlata began her diary just before her eleventh birthday in Autumn 1991. In the two years that follow, she describes life in Sarajevo during the war" (Birmingham.Gov.Uk, n.p.).

(Review at [|Amazon.com])

=__**Sierra Leone:**__=

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah "Ishmael Beah, who is now twenty-six, made it back from hell. And in //A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier,// he provides a rare and mesmerizing account of what it is like to be thirteen years old and living a life where, it seems, you have only two options: "to kill or be killed." Equally important, he shows us that children who have been traumatized by war-and turned into the most soulless of killers-can also, with help, have their humanity restored. Ishmael Beah is living proof, and his memoir is already being hailed as a classic." (Gather.com)

(Review at [|Amazon.com.])

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