Abstract
The subject of the article is the analysis of selected literary works for young recipients in terms of their usefulness in building empathetic attitudes and behaviors. An important role in the context of these considerations is played by the category of the Other, the Stranger, which may be associated with both refugees and people whose lives are marked by strong experiences not connected with escaping from their own country. Thanks to the tools provided by multicultural pedagogy and empathic reading, it is possible to notice how much appropriately selected literature and the literature present in the process readings adult intermediary influence, through the emotional and cognitive aspects, as well as under the influence of psychological processes such as mimicry or role-taking, on the empathy and pro-social attitudes in young people.