No empire-line dresses, no three-headed aliens, no smug vampires, no goblins, and no talking rabbits. Real characters making tough decisions about life right now.
	The crossover by Kwame Alexander (2014)
	Don't call me Ishmael! by Michael Gerard Bauer (2006) First book in the Ishmael series
	I am not Esther by Fleur Beale (1998) First book in the I am not Esther series
	Lion by Saroo Brierley (2013)
	My life with the liars by Caela Carter (2016)
	See you in the cosmos by Jack Cheng (2017)
	One by Sarah Crossan (2015)
	The happiest refugee by Anh Do (2010)
	The heaven shop by Deborah Ellis (2004)
	Inventing Elliot by Graham Gardner (2003)
	Refugee  by Alan Gratz (2017)
	Spilled water by Sally Grindley (2004)
	A song only I can hear by Barry Jonsberg (2018)
	See you at Harry's by Jo Knowles (2012)
	Trash by Andy Mulligan (2010)
	A monster calls by Patrick Ness (2011)
	Wonder by R.J. Palacio (2012) First book in the Wonder series
	My sister lives on the mantlepiece by Annabel Pitcher (2011)
	Feather boy by Nicky Singer (2002)
	Drums, girls, and dangerous pie by Jordan Sonnenblick (2004)
	Lockie Leonard, human torpedo by Tim Winton (1990) First book in the Lockie Leonard series
	Refugee boy by Benjamin Zephaniah (2001)
	The goats by Brock Cole (1987)
	The wanderer by Sharon Creech (2000)
	Being black 'n chicken, and chips by Matt Okine (2021)
	Unlocked by Ryan G. Van Cleave (2011)