Refugee Week titles for children and teens

We're marking Refugee Week with our top picks for children and teens.

Younger readers

• What is a Refugee? by Elise Gravel
• The Longest Strongest Thread, by Inbal Leitner
• Hello! A Counting Book of Kindnesses, by Hollis Kurman and Barroux
• Omar, the Bees, and Me, by Helen Mortimer and Katie Cottle
• Found You, by Devon Holzwarth
• Wishes, by Muon Van and Victo Ngai
• Just Like You, by Jo Loring-Fisher
• How to Put a Whale in a Suitcase, by Raul Nieto Guridi
• Migrants, by Issa Watanabe
• Home for Grace by Kathryn White and Rachael Dean
• To the Other Side by Erika Meza
• Me and My Fear by Francesca Sanna
• Lubna and Pebble by Wendy Meddour and Danie Egneus
• The Suitcase by Chris Naylor-Ballesterous
• We Are All Born Free, and it’s sequel Dreams of Freedom
• Beegu by Alexis Deacon
• There’s Room For Everyone by Anahita Teymourian
• The Journey Home by Frann Preston-Gannon
• Elmer and the Hippos by David McKee
• The Day War Came by Nicola Davies
• The Journey by Francesca Sanna
• My Name is Not Refugee Kate Milner
• Saving the Butterfly: A Story About Refugees by Helen Cooper and Gill Smith

Older readers

• Migrations. Open Hearts. Open Borders
• The Power of Welcome: Real-Life Refugee Journey by Ada Jusic and Bali Rai
• Run for Your Life, by Jane Mitchell
• Flight, by Vanessa Harbour
• Under the Skin, by Catherine MacPhail
• After the War, by Tom Palmer and Violet Tobacco
• Home Ground, by Alan Gibbons and Chris Chalik
• The Arrival by Shaun Tan
• Hope on the Horizon by Onjali Q. Rauf and Isobel Lundie
• Mud City by Deborah Ellis
• Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
• Xanthe & The Ruby Crown by Jasbinder Bilan
• Saving Hanno: a Refugee Boy and His Dog by Miriam Halahmy and Karin Littlewood
• A House Without Walls by Elizabeth Laird
• The Silence Seeker by Ben Morley and Carl Pearce
• When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson
• Azzi in Between by Sarah Garland
• No Ballet Shoes in Syria by Catherine Bruton
• A Story Like the Wind by Gill Lewis and Jo Weaver
• The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo
• The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf and Pippa Curnick
• The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle by Victoria Williamson
• Red Leaves by Sita Brahmachari
• The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce
• Who are Refugees and Migrants? What Makes People Leave their Homes? by Michael Rosen

Teens

• The Crossing by Manjeet Mann
• Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow by Siobhan Curham
• Here I Stand
• The Jungle by Pooja Puri
• A Dangerous Crossing by Jane Mitchell
• Boy 87 by Ele Fountain
• The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
• Welcome to Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird
• Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
• Alpha: Abidjan to Gare du Nord Bessora and Barroux
• Refugee Boy Benjamin Zephaniah
• Boy, Everywhere, by A.M. Dassu
• Klaus Vogel and the Bad Lads, by David Almond and Vladmir Stankovic