Shif leads a happy life: he's one of the smartest boys at school, he lives next door to his best friend, and is loved by his mother and sister. He knows nothing about the horrors committed by his country's government. When the soldiers arrive and take him to military school, Shif knows that as the son of a political prisoner, he will never be safe again, so he runs and tries to make his way towards a safer future in another country.
year: 2019
call number/section: 1000
subjects: prisoners, juvenile fiction, refugees, survival, best friends, friendship, fiction, survival skills, middle east, juvenile fiction, fiction, ethiopia, electronic books, bildungsromans
Editions
Fountain, Ele
Little, Brown and Co. (2019)
In the Middle East, fourteen-year-old Shif and his best friend Bini embark on a continent-crossing journey of survival after they are imprisoned and become refugees.
Schools: 24
Fountain, Ele
Shif leads a happy life: he's one of the smartest boys at school, he lives next door to his best friend, and is loved by his mother and sister. He knows nothing about the horrors committed by his country's government. When the soldiers arrive and take him to military school, Shif knows that as the son of a political prisoner, he will never be safe again, so he runs and tries to make his way towards a safer future in another country.
Schools: 1