In the Sea there are Crocodiles by Fabio Geda (Paperback, 2012)

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In the Sea there are Crocodiles (Young Adult Edition) by Geda, Fabio | Book | condition good. To United Kingdom. Action & Adventure. second hand – good. and much more. Children & Family. Jacket, cover and booklet may have just slight signs of usage but are not marked or annotated.

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One night before putting him to bed, Enaiatollah s mother tells him three things- don t use drugs, don t use weapons, don t steal. The next day he wakes up to find she isn t there. Ten-year-old Enaiatollah is left alone in Pakistan to fend for himself. In a book that takes a true story and shapes it into a beautiful piece of fiction, Italian novelist Fabio Geda describes Enaiatollah s remarkable five-year journey from Afghanistan to Italy where he finally managed to claim political asylum aged fifteen. His ordeal took him through Iran, Turkey and Greece, working on building sites in order to pay people-traffickers, and enduring the physical misery of dangerous border crossings squeezed into the false bottoms of lorries or trekking across inhospitable mountains. A series of almost implausible strokes of fortune enabled him to get to Turin, find help from an Italian family and meet Fabio Geda, with whom he became friends. The result of their friendship is this unique book in which Enaiatollah s engaging, moving voice is brilliantly captured by Geda s subtly simple storytelling. In Geda s hands, Enaiatollah s journey becomes a universal story of stoicism in the face of fear, and t

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PublisherPenguin Random House Children's UK
ISBN-139781849920988
eBay Product ID (ePID)114439013

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Book TitleIn the Sea there Are Crocodiles
AuthorFabio Geda
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
GenreChildren & Young Adults
Number of Pages224 Pages

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Item Height199mm
Item Width130mm
Item Weight167g

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Title_AuthorFabio Geda
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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