In Search of Safety: Voices of Refugees by Susan Kuklin
on March 27, 2020
ISBN: 0763679607
Genres: Biography/Autobiography
Format: Chapter Book Nonfiction
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Five refugees recount the struggles that led them to flee their homelands and resettle in Nebraska. Representing Afghanistan, Myanmar, South Sudan, Iraq, and Burundi, these refugees give testimony on the brutalities of war, abduction into sex slavery, torture, and loss that can be difficult to read. Each person tells their own story with some supplemental commentary and photographs by the author. The readability of this book varies as it moves from one individual to another. Overall, it is an important book for high school students to gain empathy and understanding of what people in other parts of the world have endured in a time when immigration has been disparaged. The end of the book includes information about how a refugee attains that status and what the citizenship process is like for those who resettle in the United States. Pair with Call Me American: A Memoir by Abdi Nor Iftin.

Reviewed by Barb Rehmeyer, Liberty Library