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Stormy seas : stories of young boat refugees / [written by] Mary Beth Leatherdale and [illustrated by] Eleanor Shakespeare.

Leatherdale, Mary Beth, (author.). Shakespeare, Eleanor, (illustrator.).

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. 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781554518968
ISBN: 1554518962
ISBN: 9781554518951
ISBN: 1554518954
Physical Description: 56 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm
Publisher: Toronto ; Annick Press, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (page 54).
Formatted Contents Note:	They came by boat : a brief history -- Turned away -- Fighting to survive -- Stormy seas -- Fenced in -- Nothing left to lose -- They came by boat : from WWII to today.
Target Audience Note:	890L Lexile
Awards Note:	Maine Student Book Award nominee, 2018-2019.