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When Shadows Fall

Sita Brahmachari

Kai, Orla and Zak grew up together, their days spent on the patch of wilderness in between their homes, a small green space in a sprawling grey city. Music, laughter and friendship bind them together and they have big plans for their future – until Kai’s family suffers a huge loss. Trying to cope […]

Environment/Climate Change, Fiction, Friendship, Migration/ Refugees, Personal/social issues

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

Swallow’s Kiss

Jane Ray & Sita Brahmachari

When Blessing finds a lost bag of paper birds she follows a trail of hopes and wishes to the community who made them, in this lyrical, free-verse tale about kindness and friendship. Filled with light, love and birdsong, Swallow’s Kiss is a wonderfully uplifting story that explores the common threads that connect our communities, […]

Faith/ Culture, Family, Fiction, Friendship, Identity, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international

AGES: 7-10

Saving Stella

Bassel Abou Fakher & Deborah Blumenthal & Nadine Kaadan

For fans of Two Bobbies comes a moving, true story about a young man and his dog who escape the violence of the Syrian War. Some bonds are stronger than war . . . Life for musician Bassel and his dog Stella in Damascus, Syria, has changed since the civil war began. Instead of enjoying […]

Adventure, Animals, Emotion/ Feelings, Family, Migration/ Refugees, Non-fiction, Picture Books, War

AGES: 3-7

Diver’s Daughter: A Tudor Story

Patrice Lawrence

Eve Cartright is a young black girl growing up with her mum in London in the late 16th century. Life is tough, Eve is almost always hungry, and they always seem to be just one step away from gruesome poverty, despite her hard-working mum’s best efforts. When Eve nearly drowns and her mum’s expert diving to […]

Adventure, Family, Fear, Fiction, Friendship, Historical Fiction, Migration/ Refugees, Politics/human rights

AGES: 10-12

Tomorrow

Nadine Kaadan

Yazan no longer goes to the park to play, and he no longer sees his friend who lives next door. Everything around him is changing. His parents sit in front of the television with the news turned up LOUD and Yazan’s little red bike leans forgotten against the wall. Will he ever be able to […]

Adventure, Empathy, Faith/ Culture, Family, Fiction, Grief/Loss, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Picture Books, Travel, Violence, War

AGES: 3-7

AGES: 7-10

Illegal

Andrew Donkin

This is a powerful and timely story about one boy’s epic journey across Africa to Europe, a graphic novel for all children with glorious colour artwork throughout. Ebo: alone. His sister left months ago. Now his brother has disappeared too, and Ebo knows it can only be to make the hazardous journey to […]

Empathy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/ Comic, Grief/Loss, Identity, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

No Ballet Shoes in Syria

Catherine Bruton

Aya is eleven years old and has just arrived in Britain with her mum and baby brother, seeking asylum from war in Syria. When Aya stumbles across a local ballet class, the formidable dance teacher spots her exceptional talent and believes that Aya has the potential to earn a prestigious ballet scholarship. But at the […]

Empathy, Faith/ Culture, Family, Fiction, Migration/ Refugees, Music/ Dancing, Performance, Prejudice

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Children Who Changed the World: Incredible True Stories About Children’s Rights!

Marcia Williams

From the heroes familiar to everyone, such as Malala Yousafzai, to the amazing activists you might not have heard of, like Baruani Ndume, the teenager who gave a voice to fellow refugee children in Tanzania, discover the incredible true stories of child activists. An inspirational and moving book from beloved author-illustrator Marcia Williams, providing […]

Anthology, Biography, Faith/ Culture, Justice, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Non-fiction, Personal Stories, Social Activism, Values/ Virtues

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

The Boy at the Back of the Class

Onjali Q. Rauf

Told with heart and humour, The Boy at the Back of the Class is a child’s perspective on the refugee crisis, highlighting the importance of friendship and kindness in a world that doesn’t always make sense. There used to be an empty chair at the back of my class, but now a new boy called […]

Emotion/ Feelings, Empathy, Fiction, Friendship, Grief/Loss, Justice, Migration/ Refugees, Prejudice, School/ Learning, Values/ Virtues

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Why Comics

Asia Alfasi

Why Comics? are the educational arm of Positive Negatives, an innovative organisation producing comics about current events and issues around the world, bringing together talented graphic artists and real-life testimony. Each comic is linked to resources you can use in the classroom, and can be a rich addition to your literacy, humanities or SMSC curriculum.

Empathy, Graphic Novel/ Comic, Identity, LGBT/ Gender, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Non-fiction, Personal Stories

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

The Jungle

Pooja Puri

There was a story Jahir used to tell me. About how the first humans were born with wings. Can you imagine what that would be like? To fly anywhere in the world without worrying about having the right papers? Mico has left his family, his home, his future. Forced to set out in search […]

Empathy, Fiction, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, War

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

Freedom

Catherine Johnson

Nathaniel doesn’t want to move to England with his master’s family, leaving behind his mother and sister on the Jamaican plantation. But then he remembers what his mother told him: once a slave sets foot on English soil, they’re free. Perhaps he can earn his fortune and buy his family’s freedom, too.

Adventure, Family, Historical, Historical Fiction, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Travel

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

Fly Me Home

Polly Ho-Yen

Feeling lost and alone in a strange new city, Leelu wishes she could fly away back home – her real home where her dad is, thousands of miles away.

City, Empathy, Fiction, Friendship, Grief/Loss, Migration/ Refugees, Mystery/murder

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 7-10

Abdi’s Day

Karin Littlewood

A trip to the seaside

Adventure, Empathy, Fiction, Migration/ Refugees, Personal Stories

AGES: 3-7

Alpha

Barroux & Bessora & Sarah Ardizzone

An incredible story of journeys and survival.

Empathy, Fiction, Grief/Loss, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Personal Stories, Picture Books, War

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

The Pomegranate Tree

Vanessa Altin

'As we sat in the little courtyard listening to the gunfire in the streets below us, I started to write...’

Family, Fiction, Grief/Loss, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, War

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

The Colour of Home

Karin Littlewood

Mary Hoffman's tale of a refugee child finding a new home in the UK, sensitively illustrated by Karin Littlewood.

Empathy, Family, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Picture Books

AGES: 3-7

AGES: 7-10

The Other Side of Truth

Beverley Naidoo

This is the story of 12 year-old Sade and her brother Femi who flee to Britain from Nigeria.

Fiction, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Travel, War

AGES: 10-12

Hidden

Miriam Halahmy

The complex issues of immigration and human-rights laws, through the eyes of a 14 year old girl Alix.

Bullying, Fiction, Friendship, Migration/ Refugees, Prejudice, School/ Learning, Values/ Virtues

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

Bitter Chocolate

Sally Grindley

Pascal's life is like any other boy's as he worries about his English classes and his football skills - until the day rebels come to his village and everything changes.

Adventure, Fiction, Food, Grief/Loss, Migration/ Refugees, War

AGES: 10-12

Beegu

Alexis Deacon

Beegu is not supposed to be on Earth. She is lost.

Bullying, Empathy, Fantasy, Fiction, Migration/ Refugees, Picture Books

AGES: 3-7

Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortress

Sarwat Chadda

In a land of ancient palaces and ferocious deserts, where the gods and demons of the mythical past never die, one slightly pudgy boy from our time… is going to kick some monster butt!

Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Magic, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Mystery/murder, Myths and Legends, Travel

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

Wall

Tom Clohosy Cole

This spectacular book follows one boy’s struggle to reunite his family.

Bletchley Park, Empathy, Fiction, Migration/ Refugees, Picture Books, War

AGES: All-Ages

Free? Stories Celebrating Human Rights

Jamila Gavin

Walker Books and Amnesty International have joined together to create a short-story collection for young adults, celebrating what it means to be free.

Empathy, Fiction, LGBT/ Gender, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Personal Stories

AGES: 10-12