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🧳 Wartime Refugees

The desperate journeys of those displaced by conflict, navigating borders, bureaucracies, and the ache of lost homelands in search of safety.
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 90%
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
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 90%
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
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
The Pianist from Syria Summary
The Pianist from Syria 90%
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
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 90%
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
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
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
We Were the Lucky Ones Summary
We Were the Lucky Ones 90%
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
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
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow Summary
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow 90%
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
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 90%
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
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
Salt to the Sea Summary
Salt to the Sea 89%
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
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 89%
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
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 89%
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
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 89%
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
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
The Drone Eats with Me Summary
The Drone Eats with Me 89%
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
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
What Is the What Summary
What Is the What 89%
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
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 89%
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
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
My Friend Anne Frank Summary
My Friend Anne Frank 89%
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
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
The Latehomecomer Summary
The Latehomecomer 89%
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
Human Smoke
by Nicholson Baker • 2008
Before the Holocaust, the Allies closed doors, starved civilians, and firebombed cities.
4.06
2k+
⏳ Interwar Period💣 Total War🔍 Revisionist History
Human Smoke Summary
Human Smoke 89%
Before the Holocaust, the Allies closed doors, starved civilians, and firebombed cities.
by Nicholson Baker 2008
4.06
2k+ ratings
⏳ Interwar Period💣 Total War🔍 Revisionist History
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
Tears of the Desert Summary
Tears of the Desert 89%
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
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
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👧 Child Displacement😔 Survivor Guilt
Warsaw Boy
by Andrew Borowiec • 2014
He defied the Nazis at 15, fought in the Warsaw Uprising at 16, then survived the camps.
4.09
180
🇵🇱 Polish History⚔️ Wwii Eastern Front🕵️ Resistance Movements
Warsaw Boy Summary
Warsaw Boy 88%
He defied the Nazis at 15, fought in the Warsaw Uprising at 16, then survived the camps.
by Andrew Borowiec 2014
4.09
180 ratings
🇵🇱 Polish History⚔️ Wwii Eastern Front🕵️ Resistance Movements
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
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 88%
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 Beekeeper of Aleppo
by Christy Lefteri • 2019
A Syrian beekeeper guides his blind wife across borders, fleeing the war that killed their son.
4.16
181k+
🐝 Beekeeping Metaphor🛶 Refugee Narrative⚔️ Syrian Civil War
The Beekeeper of Aleppo Summary
The Beekeeper of Aleppo 88%
A Syrian beekeeper guides his blind wife across borders, fleeing the war that killed their son.
by Christy Lefteri 2019
4.16
181k+ ratings
🐝 Beekeeping Metaphor🛶 Refugee Narrative⚔️ Syrian Civil War
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree
by Laura Hillman • 2003
Schindler's list saved her life. A boy's promise inside the camps saved her will to live.
4.16
6k+
🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🌿 Survivor Memoirs📋 Schindler Survivors
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree Summary
I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree 88%
Schindler's list saved her life. A boy's promise inside the camps saved her will to live.
by Laura Hillman 2003
4.16
6k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🌿 Survivor Memoirs📋 Schindler Survivors
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 88%
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
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
Spies of the Balkans Summary
Spies of the Balkans 88%
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
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
Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945 Summary
Untergetaucht Eine junge Frau uberlebt in Berlin 1940-1945 88%
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
The Tin Ring
by Zdenka Fantlova • 1996
A tin ring, six camps, and the love that carried a young woman through the Holocaust.
4.44
457
🕯️ Holocaust Memoir🏚️ Concentration Camps💞 Love And Survival
The Tin Ring Summary
The Tin Ring 88%
A tin ring, six camps, and the love that carried a young woman through the Holocaust.
by Zdenka Fantlova 1996
4.44
457 ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoir🏚️ Concentration Camps💞 Love And Survival
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
The War I Finally Won Summary
The War I Finally Won 88%
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
Mapping the Bones
by Jane Yolen • 2018
Twins escape the Łódź Ghetto using a secret sign language. The forest hides a Nazi doctor's scalpel.
4.01
2k+
🫂 Twin Siblings🧪 Nazi Medical Experiments🪖 Partisan Resistance
Mapping the Bones Summary
Mapping the Bones 88%
Twins escape the Łódź Ghetto using a secret sign language. The forest hides a Nazi doctor's scalpel.
by Jane Yolen 2018
4.01
2k+ ratings
🫂 Twin Siblings🧪 Nazi Medical Experiments🪖 Partisan Resistance
Call Me American
by Abdi Nor Iftin • 2018
America, glimpsed via Rambo, cost him a decade of war, a refugee camp, and a lottery.
4.52
5k+
🇸🇴 Somali Diaspora🧳 Immigrant Memoir🏕️ Refugee Experience
Call Me American Summary
Call Me American 88%
America, glimpsed via Rambo, cost him a decade of war, a refugee camp, and a lottery.
by Abdi Nor Iftin 2018
4.52
5k+ ratings
🇸🇴 Somali Diaspora🧳 Immigrant Memoir🏕️ Refugee Experience
While Paris Slept
by Ruth Druart • 2021
They saved a Jewish baby from the Nazis. Nine years later, his parents appeared alive.
4.27
12k+
🇫🇷 Occupied France⏳ Dual Timeline👶 Hidden Child
While Paris Slept Summary
While Paris Slept 88%
They saved a Jewish baby from the Nazis. Nine years later, his parents appeared alive.
by Ruth Druart 2021
4.27
12k+ ratings
🇫🇷 Occupied France⏳ Dual Timeline👶 Hidden Child
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
Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe Summary
Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe 88%
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
After Auschwitz
by Eva Schloss • 2013
Betrayed on her fifteenth birthday, a girl survives Auschwitz and becomes Anne Frank's stepsister.
4.32
8k+
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs🧱 Camp Survival🕵️ Life In Hiding
After Auschwitz Summary
After Auschwitz 88%
Betrayed on her fifteenth birthday, a girl survives Auschwitz and becomes Anne Frank's stepsister.
by Eva Schloss 2013
4.32
8k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoirs🧱 Camp Survival🕵️ Life In Hiding
A Brilliant Life
by Rachelle Unreich • 2023
An SS officer spared Mira at the Auschwitz ramp. Why he did is the first mystery.
4.29
2k+
🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🧬 Second-Generation Trauma📜 Bearing Witness
A Brilliant Life Summary
A Brilliant Life 88%
An SS officer spared Mira at the Auschwitz ramp. Why he did is the first mystery.
by Rachelle Unreich 2023
4.29
2k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🧬 Second-Generation Trauma📜 Bearing Witness
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
I Shall Not Hate Summary
I Shall Not Hate 88%
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
The Happiest Man on Earth
by Eddie Jaku • 2020
Auschwitz, Buchenwald, then Australia: how a man who lost everything rebuilt a life he calls happy.
4.62
134k+
📖 Holocaust Testimony🛡️ Moral Resilience🤝 Friendship And Survival
The Happiest Man on Earth Summary
The Happiest Man on Earth 88%
Auschwitz, Buchenwald, then Australia: how a man who lost everything rebuilt a life he calls happy.
by Eddie Jaku 2020
4.62
134k+ ratings
📖 Holocaust Testimony🛡️ Moral Resilience🤝 Friendship And Survival
Anne Frank
by Melissa Müller • 1998
Her diary captured two years. This biography reveals the family, the betrayal, and the camps.
4.34
26k+
🕊️ Holocaust Biographies👨‍👩‍👧 Family Histories🏚️ Life In Hiding
Anne Frank Summary
Anne Frank 88%
Her diary captured two years. This biography reveals the family, the betrayal, and the camps.
by Melissa Müller 1998
4.34
26k+ ratings
🕊️ Holocaust Biographies👨‍👩‍👧 Family Histories🏚️ Life In Hiding
The Long Walk
by Slavomir Rawicz • 1956
Seven prisoners escape a Soviet gulag. Four thousand miles later, four reach India.
4.24
22k+
🏚️ Soviet Gulags🔓 Prison Escapes🏕️ Survival Narratives
The Long Walk Summary
The Long Walk 88%
Seven prisoners escape a Soviet gulag. Four thousand miles later, four reach India.
by Slavomir Rawicz 1956
4.24
22k+ ratings
🏚️ Soviet Gulags🔓 Prison Escapes🏕️ Survival Narratives
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
L’île haute Summary
L’île haute 88%
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
The Forgotten Highlander
by Alistair Urquhart • 2010
Death Railway, hellship, Nagasaki. A Scottish soldier breaks his silence to demand Japan atone.
4.54
6k+
🏯 Japanese Pow Camps🌊 Pacific War Theatre⛏️ Forced Labor
The Forgotten Highlander Summary
The Forgotten Highlander 88%
Death Railway, hellship, Nagasaki. A Scottish soldier breaks his silence to demand Japan atone.
by Alistair Urquhart 2010
4.54
6k+ ratings
🏯 Japanese Pow Camps🌊 Pacific War Theatre⛏️ Forced Labor
The Story of a Life
by Aharon Appelfeld • 1983
War silenced him. What grew in the silence, decades later, became a writer's whole art.
3.89
921
🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🏛️ Cultural Memory
The Story of a Life Summary
The Story of a Life 88%
War silenced him. What grew in the silence, decades later, became a writer's whole art.
by Aharon Appelfeld 1983
3.89
921 ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Testimony🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🏛️ Cultural Memory
Tatiana and Alexander
by Paullina Simons • 2003
Her husband survived Stalin's gulag. Now she must cross a devastated Germany to bring him home.
4.29
48k+
🥀 Wartime Separation⛓️ Soviet Gulag🧳 Immigrant Survival
Tatiana and Alexander Summary
Tatiana and Alexander 88%
Her husband survived Stalin's gulag. Now she must cross a devastated Germany to bring him home.
by Paullina Simons 2003
4.29
48k+ ratings
🥀 Wartime Separation⛓️ Soviet Gulag🧳 Immigrant Survival
El niño que perdió la guerra
by Julia Navarro • 2024
Madrid, 1938: a mother exiles her son to save him. The Gulag takes everything else.
4.26
9k+
💥 Spanish Civil War🛑 Stalinist Repression🧳 Child Exile
El niño que perdió la guerra Summary
El niño que perdió la guerra 88%
Madrid, 1938: a mother exiles her son to save him. The Gulag takes everything else.
by Julia Navarro 2024
4.26
9k+ ratings
💥 Spanish Civil War🛑 Stalinist Repression🧳 Child Exile
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
A View Across the Rooftops Summary
A View Across the Rooftops 88%
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
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
The Hiding Place Summary
The Hiding Place 87%
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
1001 Nights in Iraq
by Shant Kenderian • 2005
How does a Chicago teen end up in Saddam's navy, dodging American bombs, praying for capture?
3.93
146
🏜️ Gulf War🔗 Pow Memoirs🌍 Identity In Exile
1001 Nights in Iraq Summary
1001 Nights in Iraq 87%
How does a Chicago teen end up in Saddam's navy, dodging American bombs, praying for capture?
by Shant Kenderian 2005
3.93
146 ratings
🏜️ Gulf War🔗 Pow Memoirs🌍 Identity In Exile
Black Butterflies
by Priscilla Morris • 2022
An artist remains in Sarajevo as war descends, painting through the siege while her city burns.
4.21
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🏚️ Siege Survival🎨 Wartime Art👩‍🎨 Artist Protagonist
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An artist remains in Sarajevo as war descends, painting through the siege while her city burns.
by Priscilla Morris 2022
4.21
14k+ ratings
🏚️ Siege Survival🎨 Wartime Art👩‍🎨 Artist Protagonist
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank • 1947
A Jewish teenager's diary of two years in an Amsterdam attic, hiding from the Nazis.
4.20
4.2M+
🕯️ Holocaust Memoir📔 Wartime Diary🌱 Adolescence In Wartime
The Diary of a Young Girl Summary
The Diary of a Young Girl 87%
A Jewish teenager's diary of two years in an Amsterdam attic, hiding from the Nazis.
by Anne Frank 1947
4.20
4.2M+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Memoir📔 Wartime Diary🌱 Adolescence In Wartime
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