Written in the form of a letter, 'Sea Prayer is an account of the father-son's life in Homs, Syria before the war, and of that city's swift transformation from a home into a deadly war zone.
"We are living in the midst of a displacement crisis of enormous proportions. Sea Prayer is an attempt to pay tribute to the millions of families, like Alan Kurdi's, who have been splintered and forced from home by war and persecution," the award-winning author said.
Originally produced in collaboration with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Sea Prayer was first released as a Guardian virtual film in September last year.
To be published by Bloomsbury and illustrated by Dan Williams, the book will mark the third anniversary of the death of the three-year-old Syrian refugee, Alan Kurdi, who had drowned in the Mediterranean sea after leaving Syria on a boat.
"The author will donate author proceeds from this book to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Khaled Hosseini Foundation to help fund life-saving relief efforts to help refugees around the globe," the publisher said.