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Anh Do

The Happiest Refugee

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2010

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Recommended Texts for Pairing

Refugee

  • The 2017 novel by Alan Gratz intertwines the fictional accounts of three refugee children.
  • In addition to the central motifs of the journey of refugees, especially those on boats, it also relates to the themes of Father-Son Relationship, Gratitude, and Poverty and Hard Work
  • SuperSummary’s Refugee Study Guide

No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison

  • Behrouz Boochani wrote this 2013 memoir on the WhatsApp communication application while incarcerated in Australia’s Manus Regional Processing Centre, awaiting refugee status.
  • relates to the refugee experience in Australia

WeirDo

  • Published in 2013, it is the first in the series of WeirDo books by Anh Do.
  • relates to the Australian refugee experience

Other Student Resources

Stateless

  • Released in 2020 on Netflix, the show centers on the lives of several refugees in an Australian detention center in 2004.
  • relates to the refugee experience in Australia

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