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World Refugee Day Reads

World Refugee Day is designated by the United Nations and celebrated around the globe every year in June. APL and our local partners celebrate the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home countries. World Refugee Day is an occasion to build empathy and understanding and to celebrate resilience by shining a light on refugee journeys, rights, dreams, struggles and successes. If you'd like to learn more about refugee stories, choose something from the list here, and come join us in honoring our diverse community of neighbors at Austin's annual World Refugee Day event at the Bob Bullock Museum on June 8.

Austin Public Library

66 items

  • Book, 2016New York : Philomel Books, [2016] — Y FIC SEPE
  • Graphic Novel, 2017Vancouver, BC : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2017] — GN TRUO
  • Picture Book, 2020[Melbourne, Australia] : Tablo Publishing, 2020. — E FIC EBEI
  • You Don't Know What War Is

    the Diary of a Young Girl From Ukraine

    Skalietska, Yeva,
    Book, 2022New York : Union Square & Co., [2022] — 947.7086092 S6264S
  • Nomad Century

    How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World

    Vince, Gaia,
    Book, 2022New York : Flatiron Books, 2022. — 304.25 VI
  • Black American Refugee

    Escaping the Narcissism of the American Dream

    Drayton, Tiffanie,
    Book, 2022[New York] : Viking, [2022] — 305.8969729 D769D
  • Picture Book, 2017North Mankato, Minnesota : Capstone Young Readers, an imprint of Capstone Press, 2017. — E FIC PHI
  • Breaking the Ocean

    A Memoir of Race, Rebellion, and Reconciliation

    Dashtgard, Annahid
    eAudiobook, 2020House of Anansi Press Inc, 2020
  • Ink Knows No Borders

    Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience

    Book, 2019New York : Seven Stories Press, [2019] — Y 811.608 IN
  • City of Refugees

    the Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life Into a Dying American Town

    Hartman, Susan, 1952-
    Book, 2022Boston : Beacon Press, [2022] — 362.839814 HA
  • I, Who Did Not Die

    a Sweeping Story of Loss, Redemption, and Fate

    Haftlang, Zahed,
    Book, 2017New York : Regan Arts, 2017. — 955.054242 HA