Refuge

NCACL Cultural Diversity Database

Title

Refuge

Author

French, Jackie

Publisher, Date

HarperCollins, 2013

Audience

Secondary

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Annotation

Faris is an asylum seeker travelling by boat to Australia, when rough weather hits. Blending fantasy and reality, Faris befriends other children from other times in history, and together they must decide whether to remain in their dream world.
Key Concepts
1. Asylum Seekers
2. Friendship
3. Immigrants
4. Migration
5. Refugees
6. Resilience