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After escaping from an Eastern European concentration camp where he has spent most of his life, a twelve-year-old boy struggles to cope with an entirely strange world as he flees northward to freedom in Denmark.

In the early 1990s, a boy with a mysterious past and the woman who cares for him endure a five-year journey across the war-torn Caucasus and Europe, weathering hardships and welcoming unforgettable encounters with other refugees searching for a better life.

An epic poem by Derek Walcott in which a desperate wanderer travels through Europe looking for peace and happiness.

Presents the story of Syrian refugee Doaa Al Zamel, chronicling her experiences in Syria from 2011 when the civil war began, her path to Egypt and the opposition to refugees she faced there, how she fell in love with a resistance fighter, and ultimately ended up in the frigid waters of the North Sea bound for Sweden, where her quest for survival really began.

"Exiled from their homeland, a young girl and her entire family are unhappy about the monochrome sweaters all children wear until Mom decides to make a change.

"The story of a young Syrian refugee's attempt to reach Sweden, focusing on her ordeal in icy waters after the dilapidated fishing vessel in which she was traveling--along with 500 others--sinks"--OCLC.