Bibliograph

Stormy seas, stories of young boat refugees, Mary Beth Leatherdale and Eleanor Shakespeare

Type

Label

Stormy seas, stories of young boat refugees, Mary Beth Leatherdale and Eleanor Shakespeare

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 54)

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Stormy seas

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

954430068

Responsibility statement

Mary Beth Leatherdale and Eleanor Shakespeare

Sub title

stories of young boat refugees

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 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."--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

juvenile

Classification