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World in Between: Based on a True Refugee Story
Kenan Trebinčević and Susan Shapiro
Ages: 12+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Clarion/Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 978-0-358-43987-5
Keywords: Yugoslav War 1991-1995; Muslims; Refugees
During the 1992 Serbian invasion of Bosnia and the ensuing massacre of Muslims, Kenan, 11, and his family flee. A moving and hopeful look at the vicissitudes of building a new life in the United States.