Name: Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees
Price: 13.84 EUR
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Author: Eleanor Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781554518951

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Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees

Type

Physical Book

Author

Mary Beth Leatherdale

Illustrated by

Eleanor Shakespeare

Publisher

Annick Press

Year

2017

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

27.4 x 21.1 x 0.5 cm

Weight

0.25 kg.

ISBN13

9781554518951

Synopsis "Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees "

The phenomenon of desperate refugees risking their lives to reach safety is not new. For hundreds of years, people have left behind family, friends, and all they know in hope of a better life. This book presents five true stories about young people who lived through the harrowing experience of setting sail in search of asylum: Ruth and her family board the St. Louis to escape Nazism; Phu sets out alone from war-torn Vietnam; José tries to reach the U.S. from Cuba; Najeeba flees Afghanistan and the Taliban; Mohamed, an orphan, runs from his village on the Ivory Coast. Aimed at middle grade students, Stormy Seas combines a contemporary collage-based design, sidebars, fact boxes, timeline and further reading to produce a book that is ideal for both reading and research. Readers will gain new insights into a situation that has constantly been making the headlines.

Eleanor Shakespeare

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Eleanor Shakespeare is a London-based illustrator and designer specialized in photomontages, with a career spanning over ten years in the editorial, design, and publishing fields. Her work combines found ephemera with vibrant color palettes, handmade textures, and branding techniques, creating dynamic and unique images.

She has collaborated with renowned clients such as The New York Times, The Guardian, Time, Variety, The Atlantic, and Penguin Classics. Among her most notable works are Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees (2017), a children's book that tells real stories of refugee children, and Corta Pega Crea (2016), a book of creative activities.

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