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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.