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Decalino
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I read this for a book club, & while it was not something I would have picked up on my own, it was definitely a powerful & memorable read. Yusra Mardini was 17 & a competitive swimmer in Syria when the war started and she lost her home. She and her sister Sara made the long journey to Berlin via Istanbul, including a perilous trip by dinghy from Izmir to the Greek island of Lesbos. A poignant and sadly necessary reminder that refugees are people.

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GatheringBooks
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#LuckyInLove Day 10: #Stars in this newest picturebook by Gaiman - scheduled a review of this beautiful beautiful book on Monday. Review is forthcoming. 💕✨🌟🌌

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🧡💫🖤 2mo
Eggs Great choice 🧡🌟💙 2mo
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janeycanuck
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I have no idea why I put this on hold because I‘m not much of a middle grade reader but this came in for me at the library and it sucked me in!

What a beautiful way to tell a story, the stream of consciousness approach worked so well. The lighter moments & poop stories helped break up the heavier aspects, which were told so well.

Ruthiella What a nice surprise! 2mo
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dabbe
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Garabrandtreviews I loved this one!
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dabbe @Garabrandtreviews 🤩😍😃 2mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great cover ❤️📚🧡 2mo
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Eggs Brilliant 👏🏻👏🏻 2mo
dabbe @Eggs 💜🩶💜 2mo
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Brother's Keeper | Julie Lee
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Andrew65 Looks a good book. 3mo
Eggs @Andrew65 Poignant HF 💔 3mo
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cottagelantern
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4 ⭐️s
a stream-of-conscious narrative of a middle school immigrant from Iran living in Oklahoma. heartbreaking and raw, but also funny and gross and wholesome and mournful. this story will stay with me for a long time.

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JoyBlue
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In a way, this graphic poem was crowdsourced into a really cool project in support of refugees. I especially enjoyed the fact that each spread was illustrated by a different artist.

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WildAlaskaBibliophile
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I bought Neil Gaiman's newest book, “What you need to be warm: A poem of welcome.“ In 2019, Gaiman asked his Twitter followers, “What reminds you of warmth?” He used their responses to write this picture book, which highlights displacement. Gaiman will be donating 100% of his royalties from the book to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). #bookhaul

wanderinglynn I was curious about this book, how he incorporated his followers‘ responses. 5mo
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ju.ca.no
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Beautiful meaningful poem with equally wonderful illustrations! The sale of this book also donates to UNHCR, the UN refugee agency. 🩷

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LibrarianRyan
My Two Border Towns | David Bowles
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⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐5 ⭐
Wow. This powerful story is about a child who has the ability to move across the bridge between Mexico and the US, and how they help the families stuck on the bridge. These families cannot enter the US but also can‘t enter Mexico. Each country says we don‘t have room. But our young child narrator wishes for the day when his friends can travel the way they do, even if it is just a few miles back-and-forth.

LibrarianRyan This book is fantastic and looks at a border town in a different light. It still has a happy feel to it even though it‘s about a very heavy topic. It‘s a great start to teach children about some of the issues with modern immigration. 5mo
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