Homes : a refugee story /

Normal View MARC View ISBD View
by al Rabeeah, Abu Bakr,
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Authors: Yeung, Winnie,--1982-,--author. Physical details: 216 pages ; 18 cm Subject(s): al Rabeeah, Abu Bakr, --2001- | Refugee children --Iraq --Biography. | Refugee children --Alberta --Edmonton --Biography. | Syria --History --Civil War, 2011- --Personal narratives, Iraqi. | Syria --History --Civil War, 2011- --Refugees --Alberta --Edmonton --Biography. 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
Location Call Number Status Date Due
Bluefield High School 305.9 ALR Available

Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, a young boy whose family moved from Iraq to Syria just before the start of the Syrian civil war. The book recounts what it was like living in Syria during this time -- the normal things like video games, sleepovers, and family jarringly juxtaposed with car bombings, massacres, and the constant threat of what could happen next. In 2014 the family finally found safety in immigrating to Edmonton, Canada. It also recounts both the gratefulness and the loneliness of the family's immigration experience.