The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg: Jane feels like her life is over when her family moves to suburbia. 
has been hiding something since she was a child.
She has a best friend and the promise of romance on the horizon. And she has no idea what to think when her best friend’s cousin–one of the so-called “saints” in the Muslim community–tries to assault her. Ali: Janna Yusuf is the daughter of the only divorced mother at her mosque. As Mina and Michael grow closer they’ll have to decide where they stand and who they want to be in the face of rising tensions and issues that are anything but simple. Until he meets Mina who is clever, funny, and a Muslim refugee from Afghanistan.
The Lines We Cross by Randa Abdel-Fattah: Michael agrees with everything he hears at the anti-immigrant rallies he’s dragged to with his parents. That’s where this booklist comes in with titles about young activists. Two of the best ways to combat this negativity are to get informed and to nurture your empathy. This book manages to take a very difficult, even painful subject and frame it in a way that children in upper primary and elementary school grades can handle and understand." - Resource Links, Author and illustrator show their collaborative finesse in a wonderfully rendered marriage between text and art.A book that invites close reading, this will spark interest in the plight of all refugees., Black-and-white pencil sketches reflect a mood of loneliness and the bleakness of the time period.The glossary.does a great job of explaining terms at an age-appropriate level without shying away from harsh truths.It’s been a wild and sometimes scary ride lately with the political climate changing in the wake of the 2016 United States Presidential election, the current health crisis and, unfortunately, racism and hatred spreading wildly. It would be a great resource for lessons and discussions about the Holocaust or about refugees, as it brings a personal touch to these events. Based on the author's novel Remember Me, this graphic novel captures the melancholy nature of the storythe isolation from, and longing for, the familiar comforts of home and familythrough Shoemaker's limited-palette, charcoal-hued illustrations., Both Watts and Shoemaker have created a story that really manages to convey the fear, the tension, the unease of a refugee arriving in a country where she is not really welcomed by everyone, and even looked down on by some.Hopefully, this is a book that will get young readers thinking., This beautifully rendered graphic novel.would make a gentle, highly visual addition to Holocaust curriculum, or it could be an excellent tool for introducing xenophobia and refugee crisis to upper-elementary and middle-grade readers., "This book illustrates so beautifully and heartbreakingly what it is like for a child who is forced to flee for one's life.
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