Children of Exile Books

Read Children of Exile, Children of Refuge, and Children of Jubilee in numbered order. The viewpoint shifts among the children, but the mystery and conflict continue directly from one book to the next and conclude in book three.

The Complete Children of Exile Series is a boxed edition of these same three novels, not an additional story.

Sources: Simon & Schuster's official series page, Simon's official complete-series boxed set.

The trilogy places children in sustained danger as they encounter a war-damaged world, prejudice, authoritarian control, kidnapping, imprisonment, hunger, and forced labor. There are threats, chases, weapons, injuries, and deaths, but the violence is generally described without graphic detail.

Family separation and the discovery that trusted adults have hidden important truths can feel intense. The story also gives families useful openings to discuss discrimination, propaganda, belonging, loyalty, and how young people decide whom to trust.