🏚️ Helping Hidden Refugees

Stories of courage and moral conviction, where characters risk everything to shelter and protect those forced into hiding by persecution or war.

In the Sea There are Crocodiles

by Fabio Geda • 2010

Abandoned for his own safety, a ten-year-old Afghan boy crosses continents alone in search of home.

4.01

15k+

📖 Refugee Memoir 👦 Child Refugee ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🚛 Underground Migration 🏠 Found Family

In the Sea There are Crocodiles 89%

Abandoned for his own safety, a ten-year-old Afghan boy crosses continents alone in search of home.

by Fabio Geda 2010

4.01

15k+ ratings

📖 Refugee Memoir 👦 Child Refugee ⛓️ Human Trafficking 🚛 Underground Migration 🏠 Found Family

The Mindset Of A Refugee

by Joseph Minani • 2020

A mindset forged in displacement could be the world's most powerful engine for change.

🏕️ Refugee Resilience 🌱 Cultivating Hope 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 Refugee Integration 📖 Narrative Advocacy

The Mindset Of A Refugee 88%

A mindset forged in displacement could be the world's most powerful engine for change.

by Joseph Minani 2020

🏕️ Refugee Resilience 🌱 Cultivating Hope 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 Refugee Integration 📖 Narrative Advocacy

A Gift of Hope

by Danielle Steel • 2012

She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.

3.98

3k+

🏠 Homelessness 🚐 Street Outreach 🧸 Dignity Restoration 🎒 Direct Aid 🏚️ Housing Insecurity

A Gift of Hope 87%

She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.

by Danielle Steel 2012

3.98

3k+ ratings

🏠 Homelessness 🚐 Street Outreach 🧸 Dignity Restoration 🎒 Direct Aid 🏚️ Housing Insecurity

Refugee

by Alan Gratz • 2017

A German Jew, a Cuban girl, a Syrian boy. Three kids, three decades, one deadly sea.

4.36

84k+

🔀 Interwoven Timelines 👧 Child Refugee 🌊 Dangerous Sea Crossing 📜 Historical Parallels 🏛️ Seeking Asylum

Refugee 87%

A German Jew, a Cuban girl, a Syrian boy. Three kids, three decades, one deadly sea.

by Alan Gratz 2017

4.36

84k+ ratings

🔀 Interwoven Timelines 👧 Child Refugee 🌊 Dangerous Sea Crossing 📜 Historical Parallels 🏛️ Seeking Asylum

The Pianist from Syria

by Aeham Ahmad • 2017

After his piano-in-the-rubble videos went viral, the hard part began: getting out alive.

4.27

2k+

🏚️ Syrian Civil War 🫒 Palestinian Diaspora 🎹 Art As Resistance 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 💪 Survival Stories

The Pianist from Syria 87%

After his piano-in-the-rubble videos went viral, the hard part began: getting out alive.

by Aeham Ahmad 2017

4.27

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Syrian Civil War 🫒 Palestinian Diaspora 🎹 Art As Resistance 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 💪 Survival Stories

No Ballet Shoes in Syria

by Catherine Bruton • 2019

A Syrian refugee discovers a ballet class in Manchester and dares to dance again.

4.40

2k+

🩰 Ballet Dreams 🧳 Child Refugee Story 💔 War Trauma Healing 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Syrian Civil War

No Ballet Shoes in Syria 87%

A Syrian refugee discovers a ballet class in Manchester and dares to dance again.

by Catherine Bruton 2019

4.40

2k+ ratings

🩰 Ballet Dreams 🧳 Child Refugee Story 💔 War Trauma Healing 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Syrian Civil War

The Teacher of Nomad Land

by Daniel Nayeri • 2025

Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.

4.15

4k+

👥 Orphan Protagonists 🫂 Sibling Bond 🧳 Child Refugees 🏕️ Found Family 🗣️ Language Barriers

The Teacher of Nomad Land 87%

Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.

by Daniel Nayeri 2025

4.15

4k+ ratings

👥 Orphan Protagonists 🫂 Sibling Bond 🧳 Child Refugees 🏕️ Found Family 🗣️ Language Barriers

Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945

by Marie Jalowicz Simon • 2014

She walked past the Gestapo in her petticoat, then vanished into Berlin for three years.

3.80

3k+

🕯️ Holocaust Survival 🚩 Nazi Germany 👁️ Hiding In Plain Sight 🏙️ Wartime Berlin 🎙️ Oral History

Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945 Summary

Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945 87%

She walked past the Gestapo in her petticoat, then vanished into Berlin for three years.

by Marie Jalowicz Simon 2014

3.80

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Survival 🚩 Nazi Germany 👁️ Hiding In Plain Sight 🏙️ Wartime Berlin 🎙️ Oral History

Among the Enemy

by Margaret Peterson Haddix • 2005

A hidden child escapes a raid, then enters enemy headquarters to save his friends and spy.

4.15

21k+

🏛️ Totalitarian Regime 🫣 Children In Hiding 🫂 Found Family 🕵️ Undercover Spy 🦸 Reluctant Hero

Among the Enemy 87%

A hidden child escapes a raid, then enters enemy headquarters to save his friends and spy.

by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2005

4.15

21k+ ratings

🏛️ Totalitarian Regime 🫣 Children In Hiding 🫂 Found Family 🕵️ Undercover Spy 🦸 Reluctant Hero

Escape from Saddam

by Lewis Alsamari • 2007

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

4.05

270

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration 🏜️ Survival Narratives 🌍 Cultural Displacement

Escape from Saddam 87%

He escaped the army, the wolves, and Saddam's Iraq. Then his family was arrested for it.

by Lewis Alsamari 2007

4.05

270 ratings

🏴 Life Under Dictatorship 🧳 Refugee Memoirs 🛂 Illegal Immigration 🏜️ Survival Narratives 🌍 Cultural Displacement

The Hiding Place

by Corrie ten Boom • 1971

A Dutch watchmaker hides Jews, survives a concentration camp, and must forgive as her sister asked.

4.48

363k+

🪖 Wwii Resistance 🕊️ Holocaust Survival 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond 🫂 Forgiveness After Trauma ✝️ Faith In Suffering

The Hiding Place 86%

A Dutch watchmaker hides Jews, survives a concentration camp, and must forgive as her sister asked.

by Corrie ten Boom 1971

4.48

363k+ ratings

🪖 Wwii Resistance 🕊️ Holocaust Survival 👯‍♀️ Sisterly Bond 🫂 Forgiveness After Trauma ✝️ Faith In Suffering

Wine to Water

by Doc Hendley • 2012

From pouring drinks to drilling wells in Darfur: a bartender's unlikely path into humanitarian work.

3.96

799

🎗️ Humanitarian Memoir 💧 Global Water Crisis ⚠️ Conflict Zone Aid 👐 Everyday Activism 💪 Local Empowerment

Wine to Water 86%

From pouring drinks to drilling wells in Darfur: a bartender's unlikely path into humanitarian work.

by Doc Hendley 2012

3.96

799 ratings

🎗️ Humanitarian Memoir 💧 Global Water Crisis ⚠️ Conflict Zone Aid 👐 Everyday Activism 💪 Local Empowerment

Sparks Like Stars

by Nadia Hashimi • 2021

She survives the coup that kills her family. A child of Kabul starts over in America.

4.28

24k+

🏔️ Afghan Diaspora 👧 Child Displacement 😔 Survivor Guilt 🎭 Hidden Identity 👥 Found Family

Sparks Like Stars 86%

She survives the coup that kills her family. A child of Kabul starts over in America.

by Nadia Hashimi 2021

4.28

24k+ ratings

🏔️ Afghan Diaspora 👧 Child Displacement 😔 Survivor Guilt 🎭 Hidden Identity 👥 Found Family

The Least of All Possible Evils

by Eyal Weizman • 2012

When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.

4.19

224

🩸 Aid And Complicity 🤷 Lesser Evil Logic 📊 Proportionality In War 🗺️ Spatial Politics 🌍 Critical Geography

The Least of All Possible Evils 86%

When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.

by Eyal Weizman 2012

4.19

224 ratings

🩸 Aid And Complicity 🤷 Lesser Evil Logic 📊 Proportionality In War 🗺️ Spatial Politics 🌍 Critical Geography

Words on Fire

by Jennifer A. Nielsen • 2019

A Lithuanian girl must smuggle banned books to save her culture after Cossacks arrest her parents.

4.28

15k+

📦 Book Smuggling 🚫 Forbidden Books 🇷🇺 Russian Occupation 🐛 Reluctant Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Words on Fire 86%

A Lithuanian girl must smuggle banned books to save her culture after Cossacks arrest her parents.

by Jennifer A. Nielsen 2019

4.28

15k+ ratings

📦 Book Smuggling 🚫 Forbidden Books 🇷🇺 Russian Occupation 🐛 Reluctant Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

A View Across the Rooftops

by Suzanne Kelman • 2019

A grieving professor hides a Jewish student in his attic, risking all under Nazi occupation.

4.43

11k+

🪖 Nazi Occupation 🏠 Hiding Jewish Refugees 🎓 Unlikely Rescuer 💔 Love In Wartime 👨‍👦 Found Family

A View Across the Rooftops 86%

A grieving professor hides a Jewish student in his attic, risking all under Nazi occupation.

by Suzanne Kelman 2019

4.43

11k+ ratings

🪖 Nazi Occupation 🏠 Hiding Jewish Refugees 🎓 Unlikely Rescuer 💔 Love In Wartime 👨‍👦 Found Family

My Mother's Secret

by J.L. Witterick • 2013

Poland, 1942: a mother and daughter hide Jewish families underground while Nazi officers dine above.

4.2

20k+

🕯️ Holocaust Fiction 🏚️ Hidden Refuge 🌟 Everyday Courage ✨ Hope In Darkness 🇵🇱 Occupied Poland

My Mother's Secret 86%

Poland, 1942: a mother and daughter hide Jewish families underground while Nazi officers dine above.

by J.L. Witterick 2013

4.2

20k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Fiction 🏚️ Hidden Refuge 🌟 Everyday Courage ✨ Hope In Darkness 🇵🇱 Occupied Poland

My Friend Anne Frank

by Hannah Pick-Goslar • 2023

Anne Frank's best friend was in the camps, not the attic, and they met one last time.

4.66

8k+

🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs 📔 Anne Frank 💔 Lost Families 🚫 Nazi Occupation ✡️ Jewish Identity

My Friend Anne Frank 86%

Anne Frank's best friend was in the camps, not the attic, and they met one last time.

by Hannah Pick-Goslar 2023

4.66

8k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs 📔 Anne Frank 💔 Lost Families 🚫 Nazi Occupation ✡️ Jewish Identity

Tears of the Desert

by Halima Bashir • 2008

A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.

4.24

4k+

🌍 African Memoir 🕯️ Darfur Genocide 🧳 Refugee Stories 🚫 Sexual Violence In War 💔 War Trauma

Tears of the Desert 86%

A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.

by Halima Bashir 2008

4.24

4k+ ratings

🌍 African Memoir 🕯️ Darfur Genocide 🧳 Refugee Stories 🚫 Sexual Violence In War 💔 War Trauma

Number the Stars

by Lois Lowry • 1989

When Nazis target Jews in Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie hides her Jewish friend to save her.

4.20

626k+

🕯️ Holocaust Resistance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👭 Wartime Friendship 🌱 Coming Of Age In War 🇩🇰 Danish Solidarity

Number the Stars 86%

When Nazis target Jews in Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie hides her Jewish friend to save her.

by Lois Lowry 1989

4.20

626k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Resistance 🎭 Hidden Identity 👭 Wartime Friendship 🌱 Coming Of Age In War 🇩🇰 Danish Solidarity

Making Bombs for Hitler

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch • 2012

A Ukrainian girl builds bombs for the Nazis while searching for the sister torn from her.

4.33

13k+

🏭 Forced Labor Camp 🧒 Child Survivor 🤝 Found Family 🕯️ Quiet Resistance 🧳 Postwar Displacement

Making Bombs for Hitler 86%

A Ukrainian girl builds bombs for the Nazis while searching for the sister torn from her.

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch 2012

4.33

13k+ ratings

🏭 Forced Labor Camp 🧒 Child Survivor 🤝 Found Family 🕯️ Quiet Resistance 🧳 Postwar Displacement

No Fixed Address

by Susin Nielsen • 2018

A twelve-year-old trivia whiz hides his homelessness, but a game show could unravel his secret.

4.22

6k+

🚐 Hidden Homelessness 🧠 Parental Depression 🤫 Family Secrets 👥 Friendship Trio ✨ Quirky Narrator

No Fixed Address 86%

A twelve-year-old trivia whiz hides his homelessness, but a game show could unravel his secret.

by Susin Nielsen 2018

4.22

6k+ ratings

🚐 Hidden Homelessness 🧠 Parental Depression 🤫 Family Secrets 👥 Friendship Trio ✨ Quirky Narrator

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

by Zoulfa Katouh • 2022

Besieged in Homs, a pharmacy student risks a deadly sea crossing to save her pregnant best friend.

4.45

124k+

🕊️ Syrian War 🌊 Refugee Journey 💔 Wartime Romance 👻 Grief Hallucination 🕯️ Loss And Guilt

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow 86%

Besieged in Homs, a pharmacy student risks a deadly sea crossing to save her pregnant best friend.

by Zoulfa Katouh 2022

4.45

124k+ ratings

🕊️ Syrian War 🌊 Refugee Journey 💔 Wartime Romance 👻 Grief Hallucination 🕯️ Loss And Guilt

Chasing Chaos

by Jessica Alexander • 2013

Humanitarian aid isn't what the brochures promise. A decade inside the machine shows why.

4.09

3k+

🌍 Humanitarian Aid 📋 Aid Industry Critique 🚨 Disaster Response ⚔️ Conflict Zones 😔 Compassion Fatigue

Chasing Chaos 86%

Humanitarian aid isn't what the brochures promise. A decade inside the machine shows why.

by Jessica Alexander 2013

4.09

3k+ ratings

🌍 Humanitarian Aid 📋 Aid Industry Critique 🚨 Disaster Response ⚔️ Conflict Zones 😔 Compassion Fatigue

L’île haute

by Valentine Goby • 2022

Under a borrowed name in the Alps, a Jewish boy discovers mountains can shelter a childhood.

3.99

447

🕯️ Hidden Child 🏔️ Mountain Refuge 🫂 Found Family 🎭 False Identity 🌾 Pastoral Life

L’île haute 86%

Under a borrowed name in the Alps, a Jewish boy discovers mountains can shelter a childhood.

by Valentine Goby 2022

3.99

447 ratings

🕯️ Hidden Child 🏔️ Mountain Refuge 🫂 Found Family 🎭 False Identity 🌾 Pastoral Life

The War I Finally Won

by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley • 2017

Her clubfoot finally fixed, a wartime orphan faces the harder battle of accepting she is wanted.

4.48

49k+

🫂 Found Family 🐴 Healing Through Horses 🏠 Wwii Home Front 👩‍👧 Guardian And Ward 💔 Trauma Recovery

The War I Finally Won 86%

Her clubfoot finally fixed, a wartime orphan faces the harder battle of accepting she is wanted.

by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 2017

4.48

49k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🐴 Healing Through Horses 🏠 Wwii Home Front 👩‍👧 Guardian And Ward 💔 Trauma Recovery

Spies of the Balkans

by Alan Furst • 2010

1940 Salonika: a police fixer smuggles Jewish refugees to safety as Nazi spies close in.

3.94

7k+

🕵️ Espionage Noir 🚪 Escape Network 🛡️ Reluctant Hero 💔 Wartime Romance ✡️ Jewish Refugee

Spies of the Balkans 86%

1940 Salonika: a police fixer smuggles Jewish refugees to safety as Nazi spies close in.

by Alan Furst 2010

3.94

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Espionage Noir 🚪 Escape Network 🛡️ Reluctant Hero 💔 Wartime Romance ✡️ Jewish Refugee

Rough Sleepers

by Tracy Kidder • 2023

The homeless die ten times faster. A Boston doctor found that trust is the only cure.

4.34

11k+

🏥 Homeless Healthcare 🧱 Structural Inequality 🏙️ Urban Poverty 💊 Harm Reduction 📰 Narrative Journalism

Rough Sleepers 86%

The homeless die ten times faster. A Boston doctor found that trust is the only cure.

by Tracy Kidder 2023

4.34

11k+ ratings

🏥 Homeless Healthcare 🧱 Structural Inequality 🏙️ Urban Poverty 💊 Harm Reduction 📰 Narrative Journalism

Little Princes

by Conor Grennan • 2011

To impress a girl, he volunteered at a Nepali orphanage. The children were not orphans.

4.26

24k+

🪢 Child Trafficking 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🎒 Volunteering Abroad 🫂 Family Reunification ⛰️ Mountain Expeditions

Little Princes 86%

To impress a girl, he volunteered at a Nepali orphanage. The children were not orphans.

by Conor Grennan 2011

4.26

24k+ ratings

🪢 Child Trafficking 🌍 Humanitarian Work 🎒 Volunteering Abroad 🫂 Family Reunification ⛰️ Mountain Expeditions

Lifehouse

by Adam Greenfield • 2024

Votes and green tech won't stop climate collapse. The real plan: neighbors caring for each other.

3.84

🌱 Community Organizing 🤝 Mutual Aid Networks 🌍 Climate Adaptation 🗳️ Direct Democracy 🌿 Social Ecology

Lifehouse 86%

Votes and green tech won't stop climate collapse. The real plan: neighbors caring for each other.

by Adam Greenfield 2024

3.84

86 ratings

🌱 Community Organizing 🤝 Mutual Aid Networks 🌍 Climate Adaptation 🗳️ Direct Democracy 🌿 Social Ecology

Little Bee

by Chris Cleave • 2008

Fresh out of detention, a Nigerian refugee finds the woman who once looked away.

3.72

249k+

🏃 Refugee Narrative 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 😔 Survivor's Guilt 🛂 Immigration System 🕰️ Dual Timelines

Little Bee 86%

Fresh out of detention, a Nigerian refugee finds the woman who once looked away.

by Chris Cleave 2008

3.72

249k+ ratings

🏃 Refugee Narrative 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family 😔 Survivor's Guilt 🛂 Immigration System 🕰️ Dual Timelines

The Red Pencil

by Andrea Davis Pinkney • 2014

When war steals her home and voice, a Darfur girl draws her way back to hope.

3.9

7k+

📖 Novel In Verse 🧳 Child Refugee 🎨 Art As Healing 🕊️ Quiet Resilience 🌍 Darfur

The Red Pencil 86%

When war steals her home and voice, a Darfur girl draws her way back to hope.

by Andrea Davis Pinkney 2014

3.9

7k+ ratings

📖 Novel In Verse 🧳 Child Refugee 🎨 Art As Healing 🕊️ Quiet Resilience 🌍 Darfur

I Shall Not Hate

by Izzeldin Abuelaish • 2010

A tank shell kills his daughters. Live on Israeli TV, a Palestinian doctor refuses to hate.

4.32

8k+

🇵🇸 Palestinian Voices 🏕️ Refugee Memoirs 🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 💔 Grief And Forgiveness ✌️ Nonviolent Resistance

I Shall Not Hate 86%

A tank shell kills his daughters. Live on Israeli TV, a Palestinian doctor refuses to hate.

by Izzeldin Abuelaish 2010

4.32

8k+ ratings

🇵🇸 Palestinian Voices 🏕️ Refugee Memoirs 🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 💔 Grief And Forgiveness ✌️ Nonviolent Resistance

What Is the What

by Dave Eggers • 2006

Robbed in Atlanta, a Sudanese refugee escapes into the war-torn villages and camps of his past.

4.15

88k+

🎤 Fictionalized Memoir 🏃 Refugee Survival Story 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧳 Cultural Displacement 📖 Storytelling As Survival

What Is the What 86%

Robbed in Atlanta, a Sudanese refugee escapes into the war-torn villages and camps of his past.

by Dave Eggers 2006

4.15

88k+ ratings

🎤 Fictionalized Memoir 🏃 Refugee Survival Story 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🧳 Cultural Displacement 📖 Storytelling As Survival

Outcasts United

by Warren St. John • 2009

War refugees, a parking lot soccer team, one coach, and the Georgia town forced to change.

3.84

8k+

⚽ Youth Sports 🏠 Refugee Resettlement 🏟️ Sports And Community 📰 Immersion Journalism 🏡 Small Town America

Outcasts United 86%

War refugees, a parking lot soccer team, one coach, and the Georgia town forced to change.

by Warren St. John 2009

3.84

8k+ ratings

⚽ Youth Sports 🏠 Refugee Resettlement 🏟️ Sports And Community 📰 Immersion Journalism 🏡 Small Town America

The Wall

by William Sutcliffe • 2013

He crosses under the wall, finds a starving girl, and loses the world he knew.

3.71

1k+

🏚️ Occupied Territory 💔 Forbidden Friendship 🗳️ Political Awakening 🤫 Secret Helper 🕊️ Bridging Divides

The Wall 86%

He crosses under the wall, finds a starving girl, and loses the world he knew.

by William Sutcliffe 2013

3.71

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Occupied Territory 💔 Forbidden Friendship 🗳️ Political Awakening 🤫 Secret Helper 🕊️ Bridging Divides

Healing Invisible Wounds

by Richard F. Mollica • 2006

The hidden capacity that lets survivors of violence rebuild: a psychiatrist's map to activate it.

4.15

❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧳 Refugee Mental Health 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🕸️ Collective Trauma 📖 Narrative Therapy

Healing Invisible Wounds 86%

The hidden capacity that lets survivors of violence rebuild: a psychiatrist's map to activate it.

by Richard F. Mollica 2006

4.15

87 ratings

❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧳 Refugee Mental Health 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth 🕸️ Collective Trauma 📖 Narrative Therapy

L'Enfant de Noé

by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt • 2004

Hidden in a Catholic school, a Jewish boy discovers the priest guarding a forbidden faith.

3.95

8k+

👤 Hidden Child 🎭 Double Identity 🕊️ Wartime Coming-Of-Age 👨‍👦 Father Figure 🏠 Found Family

L'Enfant de Noé 86%

Hidden in a Catholic school, a Jewish boy discovers the priest guarding a forbidden faith.

by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt 2004

3.95

8k+ ratings

👤 Hidden Child 🎭 Double Identity 🕊️ Wartime Coming-Of-Age 👨‍👦 Father Figure 🏠 Found Family

How to Stay Invisible

by Maggie C. Rudd • 2023

Abandoned, a boy and his dog survive in the woods behind his school, attending class.

4.43

1k+

🎒 Secretly Homeless ❤️ Found Family 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🎣 Grumpy Old Mentor 🏎️ Persistent Best Friend

How to Stay Invisible 86%

Abandoned, a boy and his dog survive in the woods behind his school, attending class.

by Maggie C. Rudd 2023

4.43

1k+ ratings

🎒 Secretly Homeless ❤️ Found Family 🐕 Loyal Dog Companion 🎣 Grumpy Old Mentor 🏎️ Persistent Best Friend

Urban Preppers with Kids, Pets &Parents

by James G. Mushen • 2012

The preparedness guide that remembers the toddler, the aging parent, and the family dog.

3.42

109

🏠 Disaster Preparedness 🏙️ Urban Survival 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Preparedness 🎒 Prepper Movement 🔒 Home Security

Urban Preppers with Kids, Pets &Parents Summary

Urban Preppers with Kids, Pets &Parents 86%

The preparedness guide that remembers the toddler, the aging parent, and the family dog.

by James G. Mushen 2012

3.42

109 ratings

🏠 Disaster Preparedness 🏙️ Urban Survival 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Preparedness 🎒 Prepper Movement 🔒 Home Security

Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe

by Simone Arnold Liebster • 2000

Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.

4.72

2k+

📖 Holocaust Memoirs 🚩 Nazi Occupation 🙏 Religious Persecution 🦁 Moral Courage 🕊️ Post-War Forgiveness

Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe Summary

Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe 86%

Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.

by Simone Arnold Liebster 2000

4.72

2k+ ratings

📖 Holocaust Memoirs 🚩 Nazi Occupation 🙏 Religious Persecution 🦁 Moral Courage 🕊️ Post-War Forgiveness

The Midwife of Auschwitz

by Anna Stuart • 2022

Two midwives in Auschwitz deliver babies in secret, tattooing each one before the Reich steals them.

4.5

56k+

🕯️ Holocaust Fiction 🤰 Midwife Narrative 👶 Stolen Children 🗝️ Secret Resistance 💔 Love In Wartime

The Midwife of Auschwitz 86%

Two midwives in Auschwitz deliver babies in secret, tattooing each one before the Reich steals them.

by Anna Stuart 2022

4.5

56k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Fiction 🤰 Midwife Narrative 👶 Stolen Children 🗝️ Secret Resistance 💔 Love In Wartime

Kisses from Katie

by Katie Davis Majors • 2011

A short Uganda mission trip at eighteen: she never left, adopting thirteen daughters instead.

4.4

35k+

👩‍👧‍👧 Orphan Care 🌍 Serving The Poor ✝️ Radical Faith 📖 Missionary Memoirs 💒 Young Women Of Faith

Kisses from Katie 86%

A short Uganda mission trip at eighteen: she never left, adopting thirteen daughters instead.

by Katie Davis Majors 2011

4.4

35k+ ratings

👩‍👧‍👧 Orphan Care 🌍 Serving The Poor ✝️ Radical Faith 📖 Missionary Memoirs 💒 Young Women Of Faith

The Latehomecomer

by Kao Kalia Yang • 2008

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

4.18

9k+

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory 📜 Cultural Preservation 🧭 Immigrant Identity

The Latehomecomer 86%

A family's flight from the Secret War, told by the daughter born in a refugee camp.

by Kao Kalia Yang 2008

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏞️ Hmong Diaspora 🌏 Refugee Narratives 🕰️ Intergenerational Memory 📜 Cultural Preservation 🧭 Immigrant Identity

We Were the Lucky Ones

by Georgia Hunter • 2017

Scattered across continents by war, a Polish Jewish family fights to survive and reunite.

4.42

201k+

🌳 Epic Family Saga 💔 Wartime Separation 📖 Based On A True Story 🎭 Hidden Identities 🇵🇱 Occupied Poland

We Were the Lucky Ones 85%

Scattered across continents by war, a Polish Jewish family fights to survive and reunite.

by Georgia Hunter 2017

4.42

201k+ ratings

🌳 Epic Family Saga 💔 Wartime Separation 📖 Based On A True Story 🎭 Hidden Identities 🇵🇱 Occupied Poland

Same Kind of Different as Me

by Ron Hall • 2006

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

4.20

93k+

👥 Dual Memoir ⛪ Faith Testimony 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🏚️ Homelessness Narratives ⛓️ Modern-Day Slavery

Same Kind of Different as Me 85%

An art dealer, a homeless man, and the woman who bound them together. Then cancer came.

by Ron Hall 2006

4.20

93k+ ratings

👥 Dual Memoir ⛪ Faith Testimony 🤝 Interracial Friendship 🏚️ Homelessness Narratives ⛓️ Modern-Day Slavery

Salt to the Sea

by Ruta Sepetys • 2016

Four refugees fleeing the Red Army board a crowded ship, unaware of the submarines lurking below.

4.35

260k+

🚢 Wartime Evacuation 🌊 Maritime Disaster 🧊 Survival At Sea 👥 Multiple Pov 🎭 Hidden Identity

Salt to the Sea 85%

Four refugees fleeing the Red Army board a crowded ship, unaware of the submarines lurking below.

by Ruta Sepetys 2016

4.35

260k+ ratings

🚢 Wartime Evacuation 🌊 Maritime Disaster 🧊 Survival At Sea 👥 Multiple Pov 🎭 Hidden Identity

Enrique's Journey

by Sonia Nazario • 2005

A boy crosses Mexico atop freight trains, chasing the mother who left when he was five.

3.88

17k+

🌍 Immigration Stories 🌎 Central America 👦 Child Migration 💔 Family Separation 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Enrique's Journey 85%

A boy crosses Mexico atop freight trains, chasing the mother who left when he was five.

by Sonia Nazario 2005

3.88

17k+ ratings

🌍 Immigration Stories 🌎 Central America 👦 Child Migration 💔 Family Separation 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Escape

by Robert Muchamore • 2009

A twelve-year-old orphan escapes into occupied France, where a spy's mission makes him a target.

4.12

6k+

🏚️ Occupied France 🕵️ Child Spies 🔍 Wwii Espionage 🧒 Orphan Hero 👫 Siblings At War

The Escape 85%

A twelve-year-old orphan escapes into occupied France, where a spy's mission makes him a target.

by Robert Muchamore 2009

4.12

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Occupied France 🕵️ Child Spies 🔍 Wwii Espionage 🧒 Orphan Hero 👫 Siblings At War

The Drone Eats with Me

by Atef Abu Saif • 2015

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

4.40

452

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature 🛸 Drone Warfare 🛡️ Civilian Survival

The Drone Eats with Me 85%

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

by Atef Abu Saif 2015

4.40

452 ratings

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature 🛸 Drone Warfare 🛡️ Civilian Survival

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