 In 2002, ten-year-old Enaiatollah Akbari’s village in Afghanistan fell prey to the Taliban. His mother sent him alone to fend for himself. Dangerous border crossings, trekking on foot across snow-covered mountains in Turkey, hiding in a false bottom of a truck, and steering an inflatable dinghy to Greece are some of the seemingly insurmountable and unimaginable obstacles he faced on his five year journey to Italy, where he sought political asylum. This is an incredible story of courage, hope, and survival reconstructed from Eniat’s memories by Italian novelist Fabio Geda. A map of Eniat’s journey is included. mjw |
| Title: In The Sea There Are Crocodiles Author: Fabio Geda Publisher: Random House/Anchor Books Copyright: 2011 Original language: Italian Translator: Howard Curtis Original title: Nel mare ci sono I coccodrilli Original publisher: B. C. Dalai editore Original copyright: 2010 ISBN: 978-0-307-74382-4 Paperback pages: 224 Age range: 11 up Genre: Biography Book setting: Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, and Greece Author’s ethnicity: Afghani Author’s residence: Italy Awards: Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation Subjects: Afghanistan-history-1989-2001, Asia, Biography, Boys, Europe, Greece, Iran, Travel, Turkey, Pakistan, Political refugees, Immigrants- Italy, South Central Asia, Southern Asia, Southern Europe, Western Asia |
In The Sea There Are Crocodiles
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