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  • Boy, Everywhere by A.M. Dassu
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    Boy, Everywhere by A.M. Dassu

    Sarah Broadley

    After a bomb detonates in the shopping mall near his home, Sami and his family flee the civil war that threatens them in their beloved home of Damascus, Syria. With just the clothes on their back, they sell all their possessions for a place on one of the boats leaving under the cover of darkness…

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  • The Day War Came

    The Day War Came

    Emma Perry

    The Day War Came is a powerful, moving picture book from Nicola Davies and Rebecca Cobb. Their picture book opens on what many would recognise as a normal day, and is all the more powerful for that. Flowers are on the window sill, Dad is helping baby brother get to sleep, Mum makes breakfast and…

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  • A Story Like The Wind

    A Story Like The Wind

    Emma Hamilton

    Not since reading A Monster Calls has a book moved me like A Story Like The Wind by Gill Lewis, illustrated by Jo Weaver. This tale can, and should, be consumed in one sitting, even for the busiest of children or young teens. A Story Like The Wind features 14 year old Rami who is escaping…

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  • The Journey

    Emma Perry

    The Journey from Francesca Sanna, is a thought provoking picture book covering the journey of a mother and her two children who are forced to move home, move country. Narrated by one of the young children, we are introduced to how things used to be – living by the sea, spending weekends at the beach…

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  • The Little Refugee

    Emma Perry

      Anh Do’s inspiring story which highlights patience, humour and the human quality of being grateful was an absolute must for My Book Corner. Leaving war torn Vietnam, encountering pirates and only just surviving the perilous journey to Australia are all included in this great picture book, and to me it was essential that they…

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