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Book

I escaped a Chinese internment camp

Call Number

  • GRAPHIC NOVEL 921 D2729D (CEN)

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Publication Information

Toronto : New Friday , of Lev Gleason, [2023]

Physical Description

118 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Summary

"Recounts the true story of Zumrat Dawut. Zumrat Dawut is a mother of three in the Xinjiang autonomous region in China, who was arrested and sent to a detention facility for simply being a Muslim. There she endured brutal living conditions, torture, interrogations, anti-Muslim propaganda, and sterilization. But that was just the beginning of Zumrat's troubles, who with her husband would soon hatch a plan to escape to America." --Publisher.

Notes

Includes Teaching and Discussion Guide.

Originally published online by Insider.

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