The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees
School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 8, Year 9
No. of pages 112
Published: 2018
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade+.
This book has been graded for interest at 12 years.
There are 112 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2018 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .
Don Brown is the award-winning creator of many picture-book biographies and graphic novels. He has been widely praised for his resonant storytelling and delicate watercolor paintings that evoke the excitement, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. He lives in New York with his family. Visit him at booksbybrown. com and on Instagram @donsart.
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Young Adult Library Services Association Awards - Nonfiction - YA
This book was recognised in the Nonfiction - YA category by the Young Adult Library Services Association Awards.
Robert F Sibert Informational Book Award
This book was recognised by the Robert F Sibert Informational Book Award.
"[Brown] succeeds in offering a window into the humanity of displaced groups--their resilience and tenacity but also their inspiring, hopeful nature. The pen-and-ink digitally colored art has a loose, informal style that vividly expresses the intense emotions contained in the book. A moving chronicle of a real humanitarian tragedy."--Kirkus, STARRED review
"Brown provides concrete comparisons that make the problem more tangible and relatable...The varied panels perfectly control the pacing, thoughtfully guiding readers through difficult subject matter."--Horn Book Magazine, STARRED review
"This accessible and heartbreaking primer, with its stirring simplicity and a note of hope, should be required reading for all teens hoping to be empathetic and engaged world citizens."--School Library Journal, STARRED review
"The author of Drowned City again humanizes a story that can seem remote and incomprehensible: this time, the Syrian refugee crisis."--Publishers Weekly
"An unflinching look at the Syrian refugee crisis...this is no elegy; rather, it's a call for action and acknowledgment the world over."--Booklist
"Few will fail to be moved by direct quotes from the refugees as they capture readers directly with their troubled eyes: "The future is not for us. The future is for our children." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books