Book
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Stormy seas : stories of young boat refugees
Publication Information
Toronto : Annick Press, [2017]
Physical Description
56 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
Audience
Ages 10-12.
Summary
A desperate last hope for safety and freedom. The plight of refugees risking their lives at sea has, unfortunately, made the headlines all too often in the past few years. This book presents five true stories, from 1939 to today, about young people who lived through the harrowing experience of setting sail in search of asylum: Ruth and her family board the St. Louis to escape Nazism; Phu sets out alone from war-torn Vietnam; José tries to reach the United States from Cuba; Najeeba flees Afghanistan and the Taliban; and after losing his family, Mohamed abandons his village on the Ivory Coast in search of a new life.