A refugee's journey from Afghanistan / Helen Mason.

Title:

ISBN:

9780778731252

9780778731290

Personal Author:

Mason, Helen, 1950-

Publication Information:

St. Catharines, ON ; New York, New York : Crabtree Publishing Company, [2017]

Physical Description:

32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm.

Contents:

Leaving Afghanistan -- My homeland, Afghanistan -- Sonita's story : stories of our homeland -- The Afghan conflict -- Sonita's story : my family leaves Kabul -- SOS : we need help -- Life in a refugee camp -- Sonita's story : my life in Kot Chandana -- Some countries welcome refugees -- Sonita's story : my uncle goes to Europe -- Challenges refugees face -- Sonita's story : we return to Afghanistan -- You can help!

Summary:

Sonita was born in a refugee camp in Pakistan after her family fled Afghanistan during the war in the early 2000s. Unwelcome in Pakistan, her family returns to Afghanistan, where Sonita and her family face new challenges. Interspersed with facts about Afghanistan and its people, this narrative tells a story common to many refugees fleeing the country. Readers will learn about the decades of conflict in Afghanistan and how they can help refugees in their communities and around the world who are struggling to find permanent homes.

Geographic Term:

Afghanistan -- Social conditions.

Subject Term:

Refugees--Afghanistan

Refugee children--Afghanistan

Afghan War, 2001-2021

Audience:

"Guided reading: R"--Page 4 of cover.

Series Title:

Leaving my homeland.

Series Sequence:

Leaving my homeland