Nujeen : one girl's incredible journey from war-torn Syria in a wheelchair
Title:
Nujeen : one girl's incredible journey from war-torn Syria in a wheelchair
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Publication Date as Range:
2016
ISBN:
9780062567734
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Physical Description:
289 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
aPart one: To lose a country. Foreigners in our own land ; The walls of Aleppo ; The girl on TV ; Days of rage ; A city divided ; A war of our own ; Gone with the wind ; Forgive me, Syria -- Part two: The journey. Widen your world ; In search of a people smuggler ; The route of death ; Freedom like a normal person ; Through the beautiful gate ; Hungary, open the door! ; The hardest day ; The sound of music ; Thank you, Mama Merkel -- Part three: A normal life. Foreigners in a foreign land ; A schoolgirl at last ; A scary new year ; A place called home.
Abstract:
Traces the inspiring story of Syrian refugee Nujeen Mustafa, who after being born with cerebral palsy and denied an education because of her disability made a harrowing journey by wheelchair from her war-ravaged home to safety in Germany.
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