A Refugee's Journey from Afghanistan
St. Catharines, ON ; New York, New York : Crabtree Publishing Company, [2017]
Format: Book
Description: 32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm.
Sonita was born in a refugee camp in Pakistan after her family fled Afghanistan during the war in the early 2000s. Unwelcome in Pakistan, her family returns to Afghanistan, where Sonita and her family face new challenges. Interspersed with facts about Afghanistan and its people, this narrative tells a story common to many refugees fleeing the country. Readers will learn about the decades of conflict in Afghanistan and how they can help refugees in their communities and around the world who are struggling to find permanent homes.
Series: Leaving my homeland.
Contents:
Leaving Afghanistan -- My homeland, Afghanistan -- Sonita's story : stories of our homeland -- The Afghan conflict -- Sonita's story : my family leaves Kabul -- SOS : we need help -- Life in a refugee camp -- Sonita's story : my life in Kot Chandana -- Some countries welcome refugees -- Sonita's story : my uncle goes to Europe -- Challenges refugees face -- Sonita's story : we return to Afghanistan -- You can help!
Subjects:
Refugees -- Afghanistan -- Juvenile literature.
Refugee children -- Afghanistan -- Juvenile literature.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Juvenile literature.
Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
Refugees -- Afghanistan -- Juvenile literature.
Refugee children -- Afghanistan -- Juvenile literature.
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Juvenile literature.
Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: "Guided reading: R"--Page 4 of cover.
ISBN:
9780778731252
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C SOCIAL SCI Mas | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
C SOCIAL SCI Mas | Ballentine Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
C SOCIAL SCI Mas | St. Andrews Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.