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Loading... Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugeesby Mary Beth Leatherdale
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.   fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |   ) taralentz | Jul 28, 2020 | This book would be a great teaching tool and provide insight into the plight and drive of refugees. (  ) ewyatt | Dec 29, 2018 | The book gives information about where they're coming from, why, when, number of passengers, name of boat, destination, events that took place along the way, and their fate. I highly recommend this book for schools, libraries, and parents. Thanks Netgalley for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review. ( ) Mischenko | Nov 30, 2017 | Using collage-based design, this highly-illustrated book shares the true stories of boys and girls who sought to escape violence or poverty by sailing to a new country. Fact boxes, sidebars, timelines, and other informational asides contribute to the value of this work of nonfiction for both literature activities and social studies reports. Librarians will find this timely book to be popular with upper elementary and middle school youth. The unusual illustrations are an added draw for young readers. Published by Annick Press, an imprint of Ingram on April 11, 2017. ARC courtesy of the publisher. ( ) eduscapes | Oct 30, 2017 | no reviews | add a review
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"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; Jose? tries to reach the United States from Cuba; Najeeba fl es Afghanistan and the Taliban; and after losing his family, Mohamed abandons his village on the Ivory Coast in search of a new life. Stormy Seas combines a vivid and contemporary collage-based design with dramatic storytelling to produce a book that makes for riveting reading as well as a source of timely information. These remarkable accounts will give readers a keen appreciation of the devastating effects of war and poverty on youth like themselves, and helps put the mounting current refugee crisis into stark context."-- No library descriptions found. |
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