Looking at the stars

Name: Looking at the stars
ISBN: 9781782300182

4/5

Pirmo reizi publicēts: 2014
Valoda: English

I am so pleased to have this wonderful book sitting on my bookcase not just because of the gorgeous cover and the fabulous title but because of what happens inside the pages. Jo Cotterill has written an engaging and really important book which explores war, refuges, camps and all of those difficult and often hard to truly imagine experiences that seem to happen far too much these days.

Looking at the Stars is a book about life in Talas under 'the glorious leader and his glorious Kwana army', where women are considered inferior to men and where everyone is forced to wear badges indicating their class. The story is told through the eyes of thirteen year old Amina, whose imagination offers hope in the darkness and whose voice cries out to be heard in a world where women are routinely suppressed and segregated.

A timely story that gives insight into the refugee experience. Compassionate and deftly told, I like how the story is based on an unnamed country and conflict, amalgamated from several real ones.

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