Into the Firestorm: A Novel of San Francisco, 1906

Petals in the Ashes

Santiago's Road Home

North of Everything

Lily's Promise

Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust

The Only Road

The Red Pencil

At the start of 1991, eleven-year-old Ali Fadhil was consumed by his love for soccer, video games, and American television shows. Then, on January 17, Iraq’s dictator Saddam Hussein went to war with thirty-four nations lead by the United States.

Over the next forty-three days, Ali and his family survived bombings, food shortages, and constant fear. Ali and his brothers played soccer on the abandoned streets of their Basra neighborhood, wondering when or if their medic father would return from the war front. Cinematic, accessible, and timely, this is the story of one ordinary kid’s view of life during war.

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Petals in the Ashes

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Santiago's Road Home

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North of Everything

Craig Crist-Evans, 2004

Lily's Promise

Kathryn Erskine, 2021

Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust

Renee Hartman, Joshua Greene, 2021

The Only Road

Alexandra Diaz, 2016

The Red Pencil

Shane W. Evans, Andrea Davis Pinkney, 2014