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Author Paterson, Katherine.

Title The day of the pelican / Katherine Paterson.

Imprint Boston : Clarion Books, 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Nettels Fiction  F PATERSON    ---  Available
Description 145 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary In 1998 when the Kosovo hostilities escalate, thirteen-year-old Meli's life as an ethnic Albanian, changes forever after her brother escapes his Serbian captors and the entire family flees from one refugee camp to another until they are able to immigrate to America.
Contents The Lleshis of Kosovo -- Mehmet is missing -- Leaving home -- Camping -- A school in the hills -- At Uncle Fadil's -- Road to the unknown -- Terror and tragedy -- The bus -- Refugees -- A country far from home -- America -- Strangers in a strange land -- A new year -- 9/11 -- Country of the heart.
Subject Refugees -- Fiction.
Refugee camps -- Fiction.
Muslims -- Fiction.
Albanians -- Kosovo (Republic) -- Fiction.
Kosovo War, 1998-1999 -- Fiction.
Kosovo (Republic) -- History -- 1980-2008 -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Children's stories.
Subject Refugees -- Juvenile fiction.
Refugee camps -- Juvenile fiction.
Muslims -- Juvenile fiction.
Albanians -- Kosovo (Republic) -- Juvenile fiction.
Kosovo War, 1998-1999 -- Juvenile fiction.
Kosovo (Republic) -- History -- 1980-2008 -- Juvenile fiction.
ISBN 9780547181882
0547181884
Standard No. IG# 9780547181882
AU@ 000044169142
NZ1 13088783
AU@ 000045436162

 
    
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