Welcome to Nowhere

by Elizabeth Laird (Author)

Welcome to Nowhere
Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade
Twelve-year-old Omar and his brothers and sisters were born and raised in the beautiful and bustling city of Bosra, Syria. Omar doesn't care about politics--all he wants is to grow up to become a successful businessman who will take the world by storm. But when his clever older brother, Musa, gets mixed up with some young political activists, everything changes. Before long, bombs are falling, people are dying, and Omar and his family have no choice but to flee their home with only what they can carry. Yet no matter how far they run, the shadow of war follows them--until they have no other choice than to attempt the dangerous journey to escape their homeland altogether. But where do you go when you can't go home?
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"A muscular, moving, thought-provoking book from an award-winning writer." —Guardian
Elizabeth Laird
Elizabeth Laird is the multi-award-winning author of many much-loved children's books. She has been shortlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for Jake's Tower, Red Sky in the Morning, Secret Friends, A Little Piece of Ground, The Garbage King and The Fastest Boy in the World. She lives in Britain now, but still likes to travel as much as she can.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781509840472
Lexile Measure
720
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
MacMillan Children's Books
Publication date
November 20, 2017
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV039250 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
JUV030110 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Middle East
Library of Congress categories
History
Families
Refugees
Young adult fiction
Children's stories
Syria
Civil War, 2011-
UKLA Award
Joint Winner 2018
Red Book Award
Winner

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