Making It Home: Real-life Stories from Children Forced to Flee


Several first person narratives by kids of all ages describe the fear and uncertainty of life as a refugee. With stories from Kosovo, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Congo, Liberia, Sudan and Burundi and including background information and maps, this collection of life experiences is both informative and heartbreaking. They put real faces (color photos inserted in the middle of the book) on international problems that most American students know little about. This book will enlighten students and perhaps make the horrors of war a bit more real. Recommended.