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Unicorn Seekers, the Map of Lost Unicorns

August 9, 2022 /in 8-10 Junior/Middle Unicorns

This enchanting story begins with an extract from the diary of Araminta Lang, Rome, in May 1918, in which we learn of the birth of the first unicorns. It is…

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The Chime Seekers

November 19, 2021 /in Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary

Yanni hates his new home – stuck out in the middle of nowhere, and he hates his baby sister – the cuckoo in the nest as far as he is…

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Shadow

January 1, 2011 /in Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…the plight of asylum seekers in Yarl’s Wood detention centre. From these, he has made a story about an Afghan boy and his mother fleeing the Taliban; their friendship with…

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Bedlam

March 1, 2009 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

…the heart of ‘Bedlam’. She is rescued by a mysterious boy, Kos, when she almost drowns in the flooded cellars of the old building. Is Kos one of the asylum-seekers…

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Kicked Out

September 19, 2023 /in 10-14 Middle/Secondary football

…the spot. Aadam is attempting to pay a lawyer to negotiate his appeal for an asylum application, so he does need quite a lot of money, but of course he…

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The Hollow People

November 1, 2006 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

…‘The Promises of Dr Sigmundus’ trilogy. Pronounced a dangerous inmate of the Tarnagar asylum, Dante Cazabon’s mother committed suicide leaving her son orphaned and under the care of asylum staff….

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The Journey

January 5, 2017 /in Picture Book 5-8 Infant/Junior

…me having taught in London schools where asylum seekers and refugees enriched our lives as they shared their personal stories with us. Every child, and every adult should read and…

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Hidden

May 1, 2011 /in Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…local community. There are no high powered chases or international criminal masterminds; rather we are presented with the desperation faced by many asylum seekers as they struggle to make themselves…

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Give Me Shelter

May 1, 2007 /in Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…of fictional narratives about young refugees written by those who have themselves been asylum seekers and by those who have worked with them. Although fictional, their stories are grounded in…

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Christophe’s Story

May 3, 2007 /in Fiction 5-8 Infant/Junior

…with both troubled children in institutions and asylum seekers. This experience informs a sensitive book which, in addition to tackling a delicate subject, has the added responsibility of making it…

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Girl with a White Dog

May 1, 2014 /in Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…Booth sets the brutal practices of the Nazis alongside contemporary prejudices towards immigrants, asylum seekers, the disabled, anyone weaker or less popular than yourself in school. Her Author’s Note confirms,…

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Girl Underground

March 1, 2005 /in Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…asylum seekers in Australia. The story is told by Bridget, and her first-person narrative draws the reader in from the very first line. The book is packed with a variety…

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Ruby Tanya

May 1, 2004 /in Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…even worse. The story concerns a village with an asylum seekers’ camp on its outskirts. Ruby Tanya, the 12-year-old British heroine, has her best friend there. But her stupid, prejudiced…

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Who are Refugees and Migrants? What makes People Leave their Homes and Other Big Questions

January 5, 2017 /in Non Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary

How do you introduce young people to the issues surrounding the journeys, often full of dangers, of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants as they seek to join new countries and…

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Bird Boy

May 20, 2024 /in 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…gripping and profound novel does indeed cover big issues like death, grief, mental health, asylum seekers lives and threats to nature, but ultimately it is a life enhancing book about…

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Me, In Between

May 20, 2022 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

…waiting anxiously for news of their application for asylum; ‘family’ means Dad, Mum, Madina, seven-year-old brother Rami, and silent, hostile Aunt Amina. Only Madina has a growing competence in German,…

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Twelve Minutes to Midnight

March 1, 2012 /in Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…arrive when Penny receives word of weird happenings at Bedlam, the notorious mental asylum. With Monty she visits the asylum and sees a heavily veiled woman leaving, and finds the…

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Meltem’s Journey

January 1, 2011 /in Picture Information Book 8-10 Junior/Middle

…why Meltem’s family were forced to leave their home, most of the book is concerned with the difficulties of their search for asylum in England: movement from city to city,…

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