Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize Older Readers Prize 2021
This debut middle-grade novel chronicles the harrowing journey taken by Sami and his family from privilege to poverty,across countries and continents,from a comfortable life in Damascus,via a smuggler's den in Turkey,to a prison in Manchester.
A story of survival,of family,of bravery...In a world where we are told to see refugees as the'other',this story will remind readers that'they'are also'us'.
Publisher: Old Barn BooksISBN: 9781910646649Weight: 320 gDimensions: 198 x 128 x 21 mm
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'... a story that everyone should read,written with empathy,tenderness and hope.'- Patrice Lawrence
'Carefully researched,wholly convincing,it's a gripping,uncompromising debut,super-charged with the power of empathy.'- Imogen Russell Williams,The Guardian
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