My name is Konisola
Title
:
My name is Konisola
Personal Author EPSB
:
Alisa. Siegel
Summary
:
Based on a true story. On a freezing cold winter night, nine-year-old Konisola and her mother step off a plane in Canada, having left Nigeria with nothing but the clothes on their backs. They are running for their lives, having lived under the threat of violence from a controlling family member. Soon after they land, disaster strikes--Konisola's mother is hospitalized and Konisola is forced to fend for herself in a strange country with no family and no friends. Will she be allowed to stay in Canada as a refugee, or will she and her mother be sent back across the ocean?
Year Published
:
2020
Physical Description
:
178 pages ; 20 cm
Subject
:
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Refugees -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Canada -- Fiction.
Summary
:
Based on a true story. On a freezing cold winter night, nine-year-old Konisola and her mother step off a plane in Canada, having left Nigeria with nothing but the clothes on their backs. They are running for their lives, having lived under the threat of violence from a controlling family member. Soon after they land, disaster strikes--Konisola's mother is hospitalized and Konisola is forced to fend for herself in a strange country with no family and no friends. Will she be allowed to stay in Canada as a refugee, or will she and her mother be sent back across the ocean?
ISBN
:
9781772601190
Publisher
:
Toronto : Second Story Press, 2020.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Delwood | F SIE | Book | 30194000008222 | Fiction |