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The extraordinary true story of one teen refugee's quest to find a new life -- now adapted for young readersA 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 fianc 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.
About the Author
Melissa Fleming worked for eight years as is Chief Spokesperson for the United High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and is currently Senior Advisor to the UN Secretary General. She travels to war zones and refugee camps to give voice to the millions of people forcibly displaced from their homes. She told one remarkable refugee story on the TED stage: https://go.ted.com/CLTR about an extraordinary young Syrian woman who, with the baby she saved, was one of the only survivors of a boat wreck that killed 500 refugees, including her fiancé. Her book on the story, "A Hope More Powerful than the Sea": www.hopemorepowerful.com was published by Flatiron Books in January in the U.S. and by Fleet in the UK. Several other foreign editions are expected soon.
She grew up in Marblehead, Mass. and has spent her adult life in Europe working for international organizations that promote refugee protection, nuclear safety and non-proliferation, democracy and human rights and free media.
Twitter: @melissarfleming
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MelissaFlemingUNHCR/
