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Day of the Pelican (eBook)

Artikelnummer: 978-0-547-41739-4
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2013 Laura Ingalls Wilder AwardMeli Lleshi is positive that her drawing of her teacher with his pelican nose started it all. The Lleshis are Albanians living in Kosovo, a country trying to fight off Serbian oppressors, and suddenly they are homeless refugees. Old and young alike, they find their courage tested by hunger, illness, the long, arduous journey, and danger on every side.Then, unexpectedly, they are brought to America by a church group and begin a new life in a small Vermont town. The events of 9/11 bring more challenges for thisMuslim family--but this country is their home now and there can be no turning back.A compassionate, powerful novel by a master storyteller.

2013 Laura Ingalls Wilder AwardMeli Lleshi is positive that her drawing of her teacher with his pelican nose started it all. The Lleshis are Albanians living in Kosovo, a country trying to fight off Serbian oppressors, and suddenly they are homeless refugees. Old and young alike, they find their courage tested by hunger, illness, the long, arduous journey, and danger on every side.Then, unexpectedly, they are brought to America by a church group and begin a new life in a small Vermont town. The events of 9/11 bring more challenges for thisMuslim family--but this country is their home now and there can be no turning back.A compassionate, powerful novel by a master storyteller.

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VerlagHMH Books
EinbandAdobe Digital Editions
Erscheinungsjahr2009
Seitenangabe160 S.
AusgabekennzeichenEnglisch
Masse145 KB
PlattformEPUB
AutorPaterson, Katherine

Über den Autor Katherine Paterson

Katherine Paterson is the beloved author of many books for young readers, including Bridge to Terabithia, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Jacob Have I Loved, The Master Puppeteer, and the Christmas books A Stubborn Sweetness and The Night of His Birth. She has been honored with nearly every major award for children's literature, including the Newbery Medal, a Newbery Honor, the National Book Award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, and more than one hundred other awards and honors. She was named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress in 2000 and served as the U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature in 2010-2011. Katherine Paterson lives in Vermont.

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