A young girl’s journey from Nigeria as a refugee is unveiled in ‘Little Bee’.
Adult fiction
These are fictional books.
Over, Under, Sideways, Down
A graphic novel by the artist Karrie Fransman, supported by the British Red Cross, for Refugee Week 2014.
The Boat People
When a rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees from Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war reaches Vancouver’s shores, the young father thinks he and his six-year-old son can finally start a new life.
Crossing
When shame, guilt, and the ruins of authoritarianism in Albania push Bujar and Agim to leave everything behind and flee to Italy, the unfamiliar life of an immigrant and asylum seeker sets Bujar on a path of reinvention.
Still Alive: Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System
This graphic novel tells the stories of people Safdar Ahmed met while teaching art in an immigration detention facility in Villawood, Sydney.
Asylum: Voices Behind the Razor Wire
A collection of first-hand accounts of people seeking asylum in Australia.
The Kite Runner
This novel follows the flight of Amir’s family from Afghanistan in the wake of the Soviet invasion and the persecution of Hazaras under the Taliban.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Set against the backdrop of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the rise of the Taliban, this novel follows the intersecting stories of two Afghan women.
Good Muslim Boy
Meet Osamah Sami: a schemer, a dreamer and a madcap antihero of spectacular proportions whose terrible life choices keep leading to cataclysmic consequences.
Under the Persimmon Tree
This widely acclaimed novel explores the relationship between a young American woman and an Afghan girl, Najmah.
