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👧 Child Displacement

Stories of children uprooted by war, poverty, or crisis — navigating unfamiliar worlds while carrying the memory of homes they were forced to leave.
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
The Teacher of Nomad Land Summary
The Teacher of Nomad Land 90%
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
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
No Ballet Shoes in Syria Summary
No Ballet Shoes in Syria 89%
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
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
In the Sea There are Crocodiles Summary
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
Unhooking the Moon
by Gregory Hughes • 2010
Two orphans flee to New York seeking their last relative, racing the younger one's dark visions.
3.96
2k+
🧒 Orphaned Siblings🚂 Sibling Road Trip🫂 Found Family
Unhooking the Moon Summary
Unhooking the Moon 88%
Two orphans flee to New York seeking their last relative, racing the younger one's dark visions.
by Gregory Hughes 2010
3.96
2k+ ratings
🧒 Orphaned Siblings🚂 Sibling Road Trip🫂 Found Family
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
Making Bombs for Hitler Summary
Making Bombs for Hitler 88%
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
Third Culture Kids
by Ruth E. van Reken • 1999
A childhood spent crossing cultures builds extraordinary skills and a grief most people never see.
4.09
2k+
🧳 Third Culture Kids🌍 Cross-Cultural Identity👶 Expat Childhood
Third Culture Kids Summary
Third Culture Kids 88%
A childhood spent crossing cultures builds extraordinary skills and a grief most people never see.
by Ruth E. van Reken 1999
4.09
2k+ ratings
🧳 Third Culture Kids🌍 Cross-Cultural Identity👶 Expat Childhood
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
Refugee Summary
Refugee 88%
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
Wanting Mor
by Rukhsana Khan • 2009
An Afghan girl abandoned in Kabul after her mother's death must forge a new life.
3.92
1k+
🇦🇫 Post-War Afghanistan🏠 Orphanage Found Family📚 Education As Escape
Wanting Mor Summary
Wanting Mor 88%
An Afghan girl abandoned in Kabul after her mother's death must forge a new life.
by Rukhsana Khan 2009
3.92
1k+ ratings
🇦🇫 Post-War Afghanistan🏠 Orphanage Found Family📚 Education As Escape
The Star Outside My Window
by Onjali Q. Raúf • 2019
A ten-year-old sees her missing mother in a new star and sets off to name it.
4.31
3k+
🏠 Foster Care Story🤝 Found Family👫 Sibling Devotion
The Star Outside My Window Summary
The Star Outside My Window 88%
A ten-year-old sees her missing mother in a new star and sets off to name it.
by Onjali Q. Raúf 2019
4.31
3k+ ratings
🏠 Foster Care Story🤝 Found Family👫 Sibling Devotion
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
Enrique's Journey Summary
Enrique's Journey 88%
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
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
How to Stay Invisible Summary
How to Stay Invisible 88%
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
Breaking the Silence
by Casey Watson • 2013
One boy feared water, another clung to stones. A foster carer unearths the silent grief beneath.
4.42
1k+
🏠 Foster Care🧩 Autism Spectrum👨‍👩‍👦 Special Needs Parenting
Breaking the Silence Summary
Breaking the Silence 88%
One boy feared water, another clung to stones. A foster carer unearths the silent grief beneath.
by Casey Watson 2013
4.42
1k+ ratings
🏠 Foster Care🧩 Autism Spectrum👨‍👩‍👦 Special Needs Parenting
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
by Gennifer Choldenko • 2024
Abandoned with his baby sister, eleven-year-old Hank has nothing but one name on a school form.
4.46
4k+
🏠 Foster Care👦 Sibling Caretaker🤝 Found Family
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman Summary
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman 88%
Abandoned with his baby sister, eleven-year-old Hank has nothing but one name on a school form.
by Gennifer Choldenko 2024
4.46
4k+ ratings
🏠 Foster Care👦 Sibling Caretaker🤝 Found Family
Aller Retour
by Yves Beauchesne
Orphaned and abused, a boy escapes to Montreal and searches for anyone who will take him in.
2.43
119
🏃 Runaway Story🩵 Found Family💔 Orphaned Protagonist
Aller Retour Summary
Aller Retour 88%
Orphaned and abused, a boy escapes to Montreal and searches for anyone who will take him in.
by Yves Beauchesne
2.43
119 ratings
🏃 Runaway Story🩵 Found Family💔 Orphaned Protagonist
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
The Red Pencil Summary
The Red Pencil 88%
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
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😔 Survivor Guilt🎭 Hidden Identity
Sparks Like Stars Summary
Sparks Like Stars 88%
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😔 Survivor Guilt🎭 Hidden Identity
Never Stop Walking
by Christina Rickardsson • 2016
Adoption carried her from Brazilian caves to Sweden at eight. Learning the cost took decades.
3.98
10k+
🧳 Transnational Adoption🏚️ Street Survival💔 Childhood Trauma
Never Stop Walking Summary
Never Stop Walking 88%
Adoption carried her from Brazilian caves to Sweden at eight. Learning the cost took decades.
by Christina Rickardsson 2016
3.98
10k+ ratings
🧳 Transnational Adoption🏚️ Street Survival💔 Childhood Trauma
The Latehomecomer
by Kao Kalia Yang • 2008
Bamboo rope across the Mekong. Birth in a refugee camp. Three Hmong generations, still arriving.
4.18
9k+
🌏 Refugee Memoirs💔 Intergenerational Trauma👵 Multigenerational Memoir
The Latehomecomer Summary
The Latehomecomer 87%
Bamboo rope across the Mekong. Birth in a refugee camp. Three Hmong generations, still arriving.
by Kao Kalia Yang 2008
4.18
9k+ ratings
🌏 Refugee Memoirs💔 Intergenerational Trauma👵 Multigenerational Memoir
When the Moon is Low
by Nadia Hashimi • 2015
A mother flees Taliban Kabul with her children, risking the smuggler's road to Europe.
4.12
17k+
🧳 Refugee Journey💔 Family Separation🌱 Forced Maturity
When the Moon is Low Summary
When the Moon is Low 87%
A mother flees Taliban Kabul with her children, risking the smuggler's road to Europe.
by Nadia Hashimi 2015
4.12
17k+ ratings
🧳 Refugee Journey💔 Family Separation🌱 Forced Maturity
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
Among the Enemy Summary
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
One Half from the East
by Nadia Hashimi • 2016
A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.
3.98
3k+
🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity🩹 Injured Parent
One Half from the East Summary
One Half from the East 87%
A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.
by Nadia Hashimi 2016
3.98
3k+ ratings
🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity🩹 Injured Parent
Now I Am Known
by Peter Mutabazi • 2022
A stranger asked a street kid his name. He grew up to become a foster father.
4.75
1k+
🏠 Foster Care💔 Childhood Trauma🕊️ Forgiveness
Now I Am Known Summary
Now I Am Known 87%
A stranger asked a street kid his name. He grew up to become a foster father.
by Peter Mutabazi 2022
4.75
1k+ ratings
🏠 Foster Care💔 Childhood Trauma🕊️ Forgiveness
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
Escape from Saddam Summary
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
When Broken Glass Floats
by Chanrithy Him • 2000
Nine when Phnom Penh emptied overnight. Fourteen when she buried her parents and three siblings.
4.18
5k+
🏴 Khmer Rouge👧 Child Survivor🗣️ Survivor Testimony
When Broken Glass Floats Summary
When Broken Glass Floats 87%
Nine when Phnom Penh emptied overnight. Fourteen when she buried her parents and three siblings.
by Chanrithy Him 2000
4.18
5k+ ratings
🏴 Khmer Rouge👧 Child Survivor🗣️ Survivor Testimony
Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis • 1999
A 10-year-old runaway treks across 1930s Michigan, certain a famous bandleader is his lost father.
3.98
116k+
📉 Great Depression🚸 Orphan Protagonist🏃 Runaway Child
Bud, Not Buddy Summary
Bud, Not Buddy 87%
A 10-year-old runaway treks across 1930s Michigan, certain a famous bandleader is his lost father.
by Christopher Paul Curtis 1999
3.98
116k+ ratings
📉 Great Depression🚸 Orphan Protagonist🏃 Runaway Child
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
The Escape Summary
The Escape 87%
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
The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
by Daniel Nayeri • 2023
On the Silk Road, an orphan must outlast the killers chasing the storytelling merchant he loves.
3.96
3k+
🐪 Silk Road Adventure🫂 Found Family👦 Orphan Protagonist
The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams Summary
The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams 87%
On the Silk Road, an orphan must outlast the killers chasing the storytelling merchant he loves.
by Daniel Nayeri 2023
3.96
3k+ ratings
🐪 Silk Road Adventure🫂 Found Family👦 Orphan Protagonist
Illegal
by Eoin Colfer • 2017
A Ghanaian boy chases his missing brother across desert and sea, hoping Europe holds a future.
4.21
10k+
📖 Migration Graphic Novel🧒 Child Migrant Story🤝 Found Family
Illegal Summary
Illegal 87%
A Ghanaian boy chases his missing brother across desert and sea, hoping Europe holds a future.
by Eoin Colfer 2017
4.21
10k+ ratings
📖 Migration Graphic Novel🧒 Child Migrant Story🤝 Found Family
Solito
by Javier Zamora • 2022
A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.
4.48
81k+
📖 Immigration Memoir🌎 Central American Diaspora🚶 Border Crossing
Solito Summary
Solito 87%
A nine-year-old, a coyote, a fake name: 3,000 miles to parents he barely remembered.
by Javier Zamora 2022
4.48
81k+ ratings
📖 Immigration Memoir🌎 Central American Diaspora🚶 Border Crossing
Pax
by Sara Pennypacker • 2016
A boy braves war to retrieve his abandoned fox, not realizing the fox has become wild.
3.98
65k+
🐾 Human-Animal Bond🦊 Animal Perspective⚔️ War Separation
Pax Summary
Pax 87%
A boy braves war to retrieve his abandoned fox, not realizing the fox has become wild.
by Sara Pennypacker 2016
3.98
65k+ ratings
🐾 Human-Animal Bond🦊 Animal Perspective⚔️ War Separation
A Chance in the World
by Steve Pemberton • 2012
Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.
4.27
6k+
🏚️ Foster Care System💔 Childhood Trauma🛡️ Survival Memoir
A Chance in the World Summary
A Chance in the World 87%
Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.
by Steve Pemberton 2012
4.27
6k+ ratings
🏚️ Foster Care System💔 Childhood Trauma🛡️ Survival Memoir
Are You My Mother?
by P.D. Eastman • 1960
Hatched alone, a baby bird asks every creature and contraption he meets for his mother.
4.22
253k+
🐣 Early Reader🐱 Mistaken Identity🪺 Quest For Belonging
Are You My Mother? Summary
Are You My Mother? 87%
Hatched alone, a baby bird asks every creature and contraption he meets for his mother.
by P.D. Eastman 1960
4.22
253k+ ratings
🐣 Early Reader🐱 Mistaken Identity🪺 Quest For Belonging
Everything Sad Is Untrue
by Daniel Nayeri • 2020
An Iranian refugee boy tells family legends to an Oklahoma school that sees only an outsider.
4.30
44k+
📦 Refugee Narrative🌱 Immigrant Coming Of Age🌍 Iranian Diaspora
Everything Sad Is Untrue Summary
Everything Sad Is Untrue 87%
An Iranian refugee boy tells family legends to an Oklahoma school that sees only an outsider.
by Daniel Nayeri 2020
4.30
44k+ ratings
📦 Refugee Narrative🌱 Immigrant Coming Of Age🌍 Iranian Diaspora
The Search for WondLa
by Tony DiTerlizzi • 2009
Raised in a bunker by a robot mother, a girl emerges into a future Earth to search for other humans.
4.11
14k+
🚪 Portal Fantasy🤖 Robot Mother👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family
The Search for WondLa Summary
The Search for WondLa 87%
Raised in a bunker by a robot mother, a girl emerges into a future Earth to search for other humans.
by Tony DiTerlizzi 2009
4.11
14k+ ratings
🚪 Portal Fantasy🤖 Robot Mother👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family
Alabama Moon
by Watt Key • 2004
His father dead, a boy raised in the Alabama wild must outrun the law to survive.
4.06
5k+
🌲 Wilderness Survival🫂 Found Family👥 Unlikely Friends
Alabama Moon Summary
Alabama Moon 87%
His father dead, a boy raised in the Alabama wild must outrun the law to survive.
by Watt Key 2004
4.06
5k+ ratings
🌲 Wilderness Survival🫂 Found Family👥 Unlikely Friends
Prophet Song
by Paul Lynch • 2023
When secret police knock, a mother must protect her family from a collapsing Ireland.
4.03
87k+
🏛️ Political Dystopia🛡️ Mother As Protector💔 Family Separation
Prophet Song Summary
Prophet Song 87%
When secret police knock, a mother must protect her family from a collapsing Ireland.
by Paul Lynch 2023
4.03
87k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Dystopia🛡️ Mother As Protector💔 Family Separation
La Belle Sauvage
by Philip Pullman • 2017
An innkeeper's son, a prophetic infant, and a flood that sweeps them into a hidden war.
4.15
114k+
🫂 Found Family🛡️ Unlikely Guardians🛶 River Odyssey
La Belle Sauvage Summary
La Belle Sauvage 87%
An innkeeper's son, a prophetic infant, and a flood that sweeps them into a hidden war.
by Philip Pullman 2017
4.15
114k+ ratings
🫂 Found Family🛡️ Unlikely Guardians🛶 River Odyssey
Wavewalker
by Suzanne Heywood • 2023
A decade adrift: her father's sailing dream kept her captive to storms, shipwreck, and neglect.
4.23
9k+
🏕️ Survival Memoir💔 Parental Neglect🌊 Extreme Upbringing
Wavewalker Summary
Wavewalker 87%
A decade adrift: her father's sailing dream kept her captive to storms, shipwreck, and neglect.
by Suzanne Heywood 2023
4.23
9k+ ratings
🏕️ Survival Memoir💔 Parental Neglect🌊 Extreme Upbringing
The Boy on the Wooden Box
by Leon Leyson • 2013
Youngest on Schindler's list, he needed a wooden box just to reach the factory levers.
4.38
30k+
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs👦 Child Survivor🧱 Ghetto Life
The Boy on the Wooden Box Summary
The Boy on the Wooden Box 87%
Youngest on Schindler's list, he needed a wooden box just to reach the factory levers.
by Leon Leyson 2013
4.38
30k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs👦 Child Survivor🧱 Ghetto Life
The Bridge Home
by Padma Venkatraman • 2019
Protecting her disabled sister, Viji flees their father and builds a family on a Chennai bridge.
4.26
12k+
🫂 Found Family🌆 Street Children👧 Sibling Caretaker
The Bridge Home Summary
The Bridge Home 87%
Protecting her disabled sister, Viji flees their father and builds a family on a Chennai bridge.
by Padma Venkatraman 2019
4.26
12k+ ratings
🫂 Found Family🌆 Street Children👧 Sibling Caretaker
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
Little Princes Summary
Little Princes 87%
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
Ground Zero
by Alan Gratz • 2021
A suspended boy follows his father to work at the World Trade Center on September 11.
4.33
27k+
📖 9/11 Fiction🏔️ War-Torn Afghanistan👁️ War Through Child'S Eyes
Ground Zero Summary
Ground Zero 87%
A suspended boy follows his father to work at the World Trade Center on September 11.
by Alan Gratz 2021
4.33
27k+ ratings
📖 9/11 Fiction🏔️ War-Torn Afghanistan👁️ War Through Child'S Eyes
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma
by Trenton Lee Stewart • 2009
Four brilliant children in hiding must outwit a villain who craves a machine that controls minds.
4.28
46k+
🏠 Found Family🧩 Codes And Puzzles🔮 Psychic Child
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma Summary
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma 87%
Four brilliant children in hiding must outwit a villain who craves a machine that controls minds.
by Trenton Lee Stewart 2009
4.28
46k+ ratings
🏠 Found Family🧩 Codes And Puzzles🔮 Psychic Child
City of Orphans
by Avi • 2011
With a homeless girl, a newsboy hunts the real thief who framed his sister.
3.97
4k+
🏠 Found Family🔍 Kid Detectives🧳 Immigrant Experience
City of Orphans Summary
City of Orphans 87%
With a homeless girl, a newsboy hunts the real thief who framed his sister.
by Avi 2011
3.97
4k+ ratings
🏠 Found Family🔍 Kid Detectives🧳 Immigrant Experience
A Long Way Gone
by Ishmael Beah • 2007
The army gave him cocaine and an AK-47 at 13. UNICEF pulled him out at 16.
4.16
195k+
🪖 Child Soldiers🌍 African Conflict💔 War Trauma
A Long Way Gone Summary
A Long Way Gone 87%
The army gave him cocaine and an AK-47 at 13. UNICEF pulled him out at 16.
by Ishmael Beah 2007
4.16
195k+ ratings
🪖 Child Soldiers🌍 African Conflict💔 War Trauma
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
The Wall Summary
The Wall 87%
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
First They Killed My Father
by Loung Ung • 2000
Cambodia, 1975: a five-year-old loses all to the Khmer Rouge and becomes a child soldier to survive.
4.36
55k+
💀 Cambodian Genocide🪖 War Memoir👧 Child Survivor
First They Killed My Father Summary
First They Killed My Father 87%
Cambodia, 1975: a five-year-old loses all to the Khmer Rouge and becomes a child soldier to survive.
by Loung Ung 2000
4.36
55k+ ratings
💀 Cambodian Genocide🪖 War Memoir👧 Child Survivor
The Thief Lord
by Cornelia Funke • 2000
Two runaway brothers join Venice's child thieves and discover a magical secret on a hidden island.
3.99
103k+
🫂 Found Family🏃 Runaway Children👥 Band Of Misfits
The Thief Lord Summary
The Thief Lord 87%
Two runaway brothers join Venice's child thieves and discover a magical secret on a hidden island.
by Cornelia Funke 2000
3.99
103k+ ratings
🫂 Found Family🏃 Runaway Children👥 Band Of Misfits
A Boy Without Hope
by Casey Watson • 2018
The system had labeled him and moved on. One foster carer asked what actually happened.
4.29
1k+
🏠 Foster Care System👨‍👩‍👧 Foster Parenting🧒 Childhood Trauma
A Boy Without Hope Summary
A Boy Without Hope 87%
The system had labeled him and moved on. One foster carer asked what actually happened.
by Casey Watson 2018
4.29
1k+ ratings
🏠 Foster Care System👨‍👩‍👧 Foster Parenting🧒 Childhood Trauma
Gone
by Michael Grant • 2008
After the adults vanish, kids in a dome develop powers and two leaders battle for control.
3.87
211k+
🧒 Children Without Adults⚡ Kids With Powers🏘️ Isolated Small Town
Gone Summary
Gone 87%
After the adults vanish, kids in a dome develop powers and two leaders battle for control.
by Michael Grant 2008
3.87
211k+ ratings
🧒 Children Without Adults⚡ Kids With Powers🏘️ Isolated Small Town
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