Stormy seas : stories of young boat refugees / Mary Beth Leatherdale and Eleanor Shakespeare.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leatherdale, Mary Beth, author.

Contributor:

Shakespeare, Eleanor, illustrator.

Immigrant and Refugee Experiences in Children's and Young Adult Literature Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Juvenile literature.

Refugees.

Refugee children--Juvenile literature.

Refugee children.

Refugees--Anecdotes--Juvenile literature.

Refugee children--Anecdotes--Juvenile literature.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

56 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Berkeley : Annick Press, [2017]

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Turned Away

To escape the Nazis and their anti-Semitic policies in Germany, Ruth and her family set sail for Cuba. But the 18-year-old's journey is only beginning

Fighting To Survive

Leaving his mother, siblings, and friends in Vietnam, 14-year-old Phu sets out on the South China Sea in the hope of finding a better life in the United States

Stormy Seas

Jose's parents dreamed of leaving Cuba for decades

and now they have their chance. The 13-year-old and his family are on a boat bound for the United States and nothing is going to stop them

Fenced In

To escape the Taliban, Najeeba and her family had to flee from their home in the Afghanistan. The 11-year-old never imagined a fishing boat on the Pacific Ocean would be their route to safety

Nothing Left To Lose

After his parents were killed in a bombing, Mohamed left his village in Ivory Coast. Four long, difficult years later, the 17-year-old is crossing the Mediterranean Sea for a place where he can live in peace

They Came By Boat: From WWII To Today.

ISBN:

9781554518968

1554518962

OCLC:

1013880858

Publisher Number:

99987197265