Melissa Fleming

Broschiertes Buch

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea

The Journey of Doaa Al Zamel: One Teen Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

Beschreibung

The extraordinary true story of one teen refugee's quest to find a new life-now adapted for young readers A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea tells the story of Doaa Al-Zamel, a Syrian girl whose life was upended in 2011 by her country's brutal civil war. She and her family escape to Egypt, but life soon quickly becomes dangerous for Syrians in that country. Doaa and her fiancé decide to flee to Europe to seek safety and an education, but four days after setting sail on a smuggler's dilapidated fishing vessel along with five hundred other refugees, their boat is struck and begins to sink... Doaa's eye-opening story, as told by Melissa Fleming, represents the millions of unheard voices of refugees who risk everything in a desperate search for a safe future.

Autor

MELISSA FLEMING is chief spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). She travels to war zones and refugee camps to give voice to the millions of people forcibly displaced from their homes. She is frequently quoted in international media, including The New York Times, The Washington Post,CNN, and NPR. She first told Doaa's story on the TED stage and her talks are featured on TED.com.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Flatiron Books
• Young Readers' edition
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Altersempfehlung: 10 bis 17 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 136mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 258g
• ISBN-13: 9781250311436
• ISBN-10: 1250311438
• Artikelnr.: 52610148

Rezensionen

Melissa Fleming's tale of a young Syrian woman's search for peace and safety is a book written for our times. Fleming captures the unremitting fear, the crushing despair, and the glint of hope for a better life that drive families to risk everything and sail the treacherous seas. On every page, loss and hope tangle. On every page, the human toll of the worst humanitarian crisis of our time is painfully, heartbreakingly brought home. This is an emotional read, at times painful, but it is above all a poignant tribute to hope, to resilience, and to the capacity for grace and generosity that dwells deep in the human heart Khaled Hosseini, bestselling author of The Kite Runner