Making It Home: Real-life Stories from Children Forced to Flee

Brief Description: In these accounts, children from around the world describe what it was like to flee their homes. Publisher Marketing: In this inspiring collection, children living all over the world speak about being forced to flee their homes as refugees. With original, autobiographical accounts, Making It Home gives a poignant voice to the millions of young people whose lives have been disrupted by war but who have escaped. With maps, brief histories of each country, and an eight-page photo insert, this book helps young people understand the world and the children who share the dream of freedom. Review Citations:

Booklist 12/01/2005 pg. 43 (EAN 9780142404553, Paperback)

Kirkus Review - Children 08/15/2005 pg. 919 (EAN 9780142404553, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 57 (EAN 9780142404553, Paperback)

Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 75 (EAN 9780142404553, Paperback)

Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2006 pg. 6 (EAN 9780142404553, Paperback)

Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2009 pg. 78 (EAN 9780142404553, Paperback)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2006 pg. 110 (EAN 9780142404553, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Naidoo, Beverley Beverley Naidoo grew up in South Africa under apartheid. She says: "As a white child I didn't question the terrible injustices until I was a student. I decided then that unless I joined the resistance, I was part of the problem." Beverley Naidoo was detained without trial when she was twenty-one and later went into exile in Britain, where she has since lived. Her first children's book, Journey to Jo'burg, was banned in South Africa until 1991, but it was an eye-opener for thousands of readers worldwide. Her characters in Chain of Fire, No Turning Back, and Out of Bounds face extraordinary challenges in a society she describes as "more dangerous than any fantasy." She has won many awards for her writing, including the Carnegie Medal, the Jane Addams Book Award, and the American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults for The Other Side of Truth, about two refugee children smuggled to London who are also featured in Web of Lies.