Toutonghi, Pauls

A former piano prodigy who lost his hand in the war, Naim Rahil, a teenage Syrian refugee, struggles to thrive in America where he finds his life inextricably linked--over time and distance--to another refugee by the perils of history and a single haunting piece of music.

Tells the story of how the Marshall family came together while looking for their lost golden retriever, Gonker, that had bolted into the woods of the Appalachian Trail.

Feeling out of place in a Montana home where nobody can pronounce his name, Khosi Saqr travels to Cairo in search of his father and a connection to his heritage before discovering lessons about belonging, family, and culture.

Fifteen-year-old Yuri Balodis, son of Latvian-immigrant parents, falls in love with Hannah Graham, the daughter of a prominent local socialist, and immediately becomes involved in the socialist movement creating serious consequences for himself and his family.