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Escape from Aleppo

After Nadia is separated from her family while fleeing the civil war, she spends the next four days with a mysterious old man who helps her navigate the checkpoints and snipers of the rebel, ISIS, and Syrian armies that are littering Aleppo on her way to meeting her father at the Turkish border.

Main Author: Senzai, N. H. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Refugees > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: After Nadia is separated from her family while fleeing the civil war, she spends the next four days with a mysterious old man who helps her navigate the checkpoints and snipers of the rebel, ISIS, and Syrian armies that are littering Aleppo on her way to meeting her father at the Turkish border.
Item Description: "A Paula Wiseman Book."
Physical Description: 326 pages ; 22 cm
Audience: Ages 8-12.
ISBN: 9781481472173
1481472178
Author Notes: N. H. Senzai is the author of the acclaimed Shooting Kabul , which was on numerous state award lists and an NPR Backseat Book Club Pick. Its companion, Saving Kabul Corner , was nominated for an Edgar Award. While her first two books are based in part on husband's experience fleeing Soviet-controlled Afghanistan in the 1970s, her third, Ticket to India is based on her own family's history. She is also the author of Escape from Aleppo . Ms. Senzai lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area. Visit her online at NHSenzai.com.

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