The Bone Sparrow
By Zana Fraillon.
Description
"Indispensable."-Booklist (starred review) GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION PRIZE 2016 FINALISTSubhi is a refugee. He was born in an Australian permanent detention center after his mother and sister fled the violence of a distant homeland, and the center is the only world he knows. But every night, the faraway whales sing to him, the birds tell him their stories, and the magical Night Sea from his mother's stories brings him gifts. As Subhi grows, his imagination threatens to burst beyond the limits of the fences that contain him. Until one night, it seems to do just that. Su...
ISBN(s)
1510101551, 9781510101555
