Refugee children tell their own stories of having to flee their homes in this poignant account of what it means to be an asylum-seeker. With an introduction by Beverley Naidoo, which confronts today's racism against refugees, this collection gives voice to an international tragedy of displacement, with children from many countries - Kosovo, Iraq, Sudan, Burundi, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Congo, and Liberia - explaining why they became refugees and how they have adapted to their new lives.