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Waiting Place, The: When Home Is Lost and a New One Not Yet Found
Dina Nayeri
Illustrator: Anna Bosch Miralpeix
Ages: 9+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-1362-1
Keywords: refugee camps, child refugees, picture books for older readers, social-emotional learning
Ten refugees from Afghanistan and Iran, ages 5-13, wait at a Greek refugee camp to be granted asylum. Engrossing full-color photos. Extensive back matter.