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Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
After the second war against the Cylons, Commander Adama and President Roslin lead their group of refugees in search of Earth, the fabled thirteenth colony, while the Cylons continue to harrass the humans and internal political and personal conflict threatens to tear the fleet apart.
Author
Series
Song of ice and fire volume 2
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 49
Language
English
Description
Two young men fight each other to gain control of a land that isn't rightfully theirs and there is only one woman who can stop them, but first she must find a way back into the country that exiled her years before.
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005, c2001
Language
Deutsch
Description
Swimming champion Harry Melchoir, having narrowly escaped being trapped in East Germany by the communist regime just after the completion of the Berlin Wall, joins with other freedom seekers to dig a tunnel by which he hopes to rescue his beloved sister.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The second war against the Cylons is over and The Twelve Colonies have been destroyed. Now Commander Adama of the Battlestar Galatica and President Laura Roslin lead a ragtag fleet of refugees in the search for the fabled lost thirteenth colony, Earth. However, the dangers they face are many which compound an already difficult situation. In addition, the Cylons are hunting and attacking the fleet in space. The fleet also faces internal political conflict...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the internationally bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, a love story that unfolds in a world being irrevocably transformed by migration. In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet--sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, thrust into premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it...
9) Americanah
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected"--
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this picture book, a young girl and her family are forced to flee their village to escape the civil war that has engulfed Syria and make their way toward freedom in Europe"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Jonas, the only survivor of his family after the U.S. bombs his Middle Eastern country, relocates to America where he tells a counselor about Christopher Henderson, an American soldier who disappeared after saving him.
15) Pegasus: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Late 1930's Germany: Best friends Alex von Hemmerle and Nicolas von Bingen, titled childhood friends with neighboring estates, are witnessing the rise of Nazism when Nick's father reveals the long-buried secret of his son's partial Jewish ancestry. Warned by highly placed friends to flee, the only treasures Nick and his sons can take are two dazzling Lipizzaner horses, gifts from Alex. These powerful and majestic creatures become their ticket to...
16) The boat people
Author
Formats
Description
"About a thirty-five-year-old Sri Lankan refugee who has survived the harrowing experiences of civil war, a prison camp, and a perilous ocean voyage to Canada--but his journey has only begun, as he and his young son navigate the morass of the refugee system"--
Author
Publisher
Handsel Books
Pub. Date
[2009], c2008
Language
English
Description
Jungk gives a profound meditation on a Jewish family and its past, especially the lasting distorting effects on a son of a famous, vital father and a clinging, overwhelming mother, and of the differences between the generation of European intellectual refugees who arrived in the United States during the Second World War and the children of that generation.
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