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School Library Journal
Starred Review on September 1, 2010
Gr 9 Up—This novel moves fast and furiously as readers follow the plight of three teen orphans who are attempting to escape from their troubled homelands to England. Rosalia, a Roma girl; Cheslav, a Russian boy; and Abdul, an Iraqi boy are all fleeing the cruelties of their war-torn cultures. The exciting and moving story manages to pull in the threads of our global history in the making—bombings in Baghdad, sex trafficking, an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
The lives of three contemporary immigrant teens intersect aboard a smuggler's boat during an English Channel crossing. Abdul has fled war-torn Baghdad...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on November 1, 2010
Deborah Ellis tackles important issues—poverty, war, immigration—in a fast-paced story. No Safe Place encourages readers to ask what circumstances might lead a person to enter another country illeg...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
