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Displaced

Dean Hughes

Ages: 12+

Published: 2020

Publisher: Atheneum BFYR/S&S

ISBN: 978-1-5344-5232-9

Keywords: immigrants; refugees; Syria; Lebanon

Hadi peddles gum on a Beirut street to help his poor Syrian refugee family survive. One day, he makes a bad decision that endangers his family.