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Stormy seas : stories of young boat refugees Cover Image Book Book

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

Leatherdale, Mary Beth. (Author). Shakespeare, Eleanor. (Added Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1554518962
  • ISBN: 9781554518968
  • Physical Description: vi, 56 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps
  • Publisher: Toronto : Annick Press, [2017]

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Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 24.95

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