The story captures a beautiful experience from the author himself. He arrived to a Himalayan village completely lost and he promised the villagers that he would build them a school if they helped him.

Nonfiction, Middle East, Grades 1-3

Garland tells an exciting story full of adventures of what Azzi and her family experienced as they flee to a new country. But with the help of her courageous friend, she learns to adapt to her new life as she says goodbye to her old one. 

Fiction, Middle East, Grades 1-6

Fadi and his family must leave their home in Afghanistan and create a new life in the United States. However, he finds an opportunity to be able to go back home and find his younger sister. 

Fiction, Middle East, Grades 3-7

This book contains different stories from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) regarding recent history in Iraq. These stories are very honest and discuss the brutality of Saddam Hussein up until his downfall. This book follows the lives of people who have been subjected to this brutality and what they had to go through until they saw freedom.

Nonfiction, Middle East. Grades 5-8.

This chapter book shares many stories of American immigrants and their journey to the United States of America from the Middle East. Their homelands were too poor or too dangerous and unsafe. This book discusses their history, how they lived, their journey as an immigrant, and their life now. It gives a meaningful insight on how other’s have lived in other parts of the world.

Nonfiction, Middle East. Grades 4-6.

This chapter book discusses the first Arab Americans and tracing their ancestors. It also discusses their religion, traditions, and cultures. There are many pictures and artifacts throughout this book to help further explain the importance aspects of these immigrants lives.

Nonfiction, Middle East. Grades 5-8.

Fiction, Middle East, Grades 1-5

A girl in a refugee camp in Pakistan finds a pair of sandals, and shares it with her friend. When her family is given an opportunity to leave to United States, both girls feel sad and happy at the same time.

Fiction, Picture book, Pakistan, Grades 1-5

A young boy in a war camp in Afghanistan is mastering a skill of weaving carpets to be able to support his mother and his sister. His education is paid by a sponsor that he has never met. He describes hardships of his family’s everyday life: hunger, lack of comfort, bombing, and remembers his father, who passed away. While he is weaving one of his carpets that take his thoughts away, a news about a tragedy in his family arrive. 

Fiction, Picture book, Afghanistan, Grades 1-5

This story follows the journey of a girl named Ziba, who is someone on a boat in the endless ocean to seek freedom. The story flashes back to memories of the good times she had in her home with family and friends, but also turn to the dark haunting memories of war and violence. 

Fiction, Middle East, Grades 3-4

This story uses pictures of stones to tell the story of a family of refugees. This family is fleeing Syria to seek safety in Europe and sets out on foot with only what they can carry on their backs.

Fiction, Middle East, Grades 3-4

This chapter books tells the story of Shauiza, who has escaped her old life, but has wound up in a refugee camp in Pakistan. She is determined to leave the camp and take control of her own path. This book follows her along her long and tiring journey for freedom. 

Fiction, Middle East, Grades 5-6