My name is Konisola
Título
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My name is Konisola
Alisa. Siegel
Resumen
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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?
Fecha de publicación como intervalo
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2020
Descripción física
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178 pages ; 20 cm
Término de la materia
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Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Refugees -- Fiction.
Término geográfico
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Canada -- Fiction.
Síntesis
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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
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9781772601190
Información de publicación
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Toronto : Second Story Press, 2020.
| Biblioteca | Signatura topográfica | Tipo de material | Código de barras del documento | Estado |
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| Delwood | F SIE | Book | 30194000008222 | Fiction |