My Lists
Featured Lists
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2018 | Young Adult
Gr 6–8—As Amina, a young Syrian refugee journeying by sea, is thrown off a boat by a huge wave and sinks into the deep water, she reflects on what brought her here. She remembers playing hide-and-seek and making dolmas with her mother. Her parents left, saying they would be home soon, and her mother reminded her to be strong like Zenobia, the queen of Syria in the old days. When her parents didn't return, her uncle took her ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2019
Alternating between past and present, this spare, haunting graphic novel, translated from the Danish, follows child Amina from her war-torn Syrian vill...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on March 1, 2019
Alternating between past and present, this spare, haunting graphic novel, translated from the Danish, follows child Amina from her war-torn Syrian vill...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
