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Gr 1–4—A young child recounts her experiences as war comes to her once-peaceful nation, claims her father's life, and forc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In a piercing first-person account, one of the two children in the family pictured here tells the story of losing their father to war and undertaking a harrowing journey with their mother as they hide in cargo trucks, evade guards, scale walls, and endure a sea passage on an overcrowded ferry. Sanna's stylized illustrations, with gargantuan villains and swirling inky black, are both captivating and unsettling. Specifics of the se...Log In or Sign Up to Read More