Zia’s Story
Zia’s Story is based on the author’s own experiences as a young mother with a young son having to flee an Afghanistan torn apart by war.
Cardboard City
Young Romani teens, Saida and Nikola, dream of escaping from the harsh discrimination and crushing poverty of life in a squatter settlement in Belgrade, Serbia.
Maison Rouge
A personal memoir of the Congo Wars 1993-1997.
A Grain of Rice
A story about a young refugee's courage and inner strength as she escapes from Vietnam during the war.
Seeking Refuge
A girl escapes to the UK from Nazi-occupied Austria.
The Blue Vase
This entertaining and beautifully illustrated chapter book by BC Book Prize-winning author Katarina Jovanovic conveys some important messages about bullying and believing in yourself.
Where I Belong
An adopted Native Canadian girl finds her birth father and the twin sister she never knew existed.
Victoria
A young girl runs away from home and learns to live on the dangerous streets of a provincial city in Argentina.
The Bone Collector's Son
Bing's father is haunted by a ghost, and Bing must find out why or his father will die.
The Runaway
This funny and endearing novel by award-winning novelist Glen Huser will make an absorbing read for fourteen- and fifteen-year-olds, boys and girls alike.
Broken
With purple hair and '90s retro clothes, Ash Perrault is a modern-day Cinderella, but she has a problem Cinderella didn't have—a dangerous problem that keeps getting worse.
