Nowhere boy / Katherine Marsh.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: 362 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781250307576
- 1250307570
- Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction
- Courage -- Juvenile fiction
- Hope -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Teenage boys -- Belgium -- Brussels -- Juvenile fiction
- Teenage refugees -- Belgium -- Brussels -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- Syrians -- Belgium -- Brussels -- Juvenile fiction
- Americans -- Belgium -- Brussels -- Juvenile fiction
- Brussels (Belgium) -- Juvenile fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Marsh Katherin | Available | 33111009229655 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"A resistance novel for our time." - The New York Times
"A hopeful story about recovery, empathy, and the bravery of young people." - Booklist
"This well-crafted and suspenseful novel touches on the topics of refugees and immigrant integration, terrorism, Islam, Islamophobia, and the Syrian war with sensitivity and grace." - Kirkus , Starred Review
Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do with him. Newly arrived in Brussels, Belgium, Ahmed fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in Aleppo, Syria, only to lose his father on the perilous journey to the shores of Europe. Now Ahmed's struggling to get by on his own, but with no one left to trust and nowhere to go, he's starting to lose hope.
Then he meets Max, a thirteen-year-old American boy from Washington, D.C. Lonely and homesick, Max is struggling at his new school and just can't seem to do anything right. But with one startling discovery, Max and Ahmed's lives collide and a friendship begins to grow. Together, Max and Ahmed will defy the odds, learning from each other what it means to be brave and how hope can change your destiny.
Set against the backdrop of the Syrian refugee crisis, award-winning author of Jepp, Who Defied the Stars Katherine Marsh delivers a gripping, heartwarming story of resilience, friendship and everyday heroes. Barbara O'Connor, author of Wish and Wonderland, says "Move Nowhere Boy to the top of your to-be-read pile immediately."
"Fourteen-year-old Ahmed, a Syrian refugee, and thirteen-year-old Max, an American boy, are bound by a secret that sets them on the adventure of a lifetime"-- Provided by publisher.