Katherine Paterson

Day of the Pelican (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

2013 Laura Ingalls Wilder AwardMeli Lleshi is positive that her drawing of her teacher with his pelican nose started it all. The Lleshis are Albanians living in Kosovo, a country trying to fight off Serbian oppressors, and suddenly they are homeless refugees. Old and young alike, they find their courage tested by hunger, illness, the long, arduous journey, and danger on every side.Then, unexpectedly, they are brought to America by a church group and begin a new life in a small Vermont town. The events of 9/11 bring more challenges for thisMuslim family--but this country is their home now and there can be no turning back.A compassionate, powerful novel by a master storyteller.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HMH Books
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780547417394
• Artikelnr.: 40176128

Autorenporträt

Katherine Paterson has twice won both the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award. She received the 1998 Hans Christian Andersen Medal as well as the 2006 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for the body of her work. She based The Day of the Pelican on the experiences of a refugee family that her church sponsored to the U.S. A shorter version of this story appeared as a serial in more than 100 newspapers. An active promoter of reading and literacy, she lives with her husband, John, in Barre, Vermont. They have four children and seven grandchildren. Visit Katherine Paterson on her web site at www.terabithia.com