My name is Konisola
Titre
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My name is Konisola
Alisa. Siegel
Sommaire
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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?
Date de publication comme intervalle
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2020
Description matérielle
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178 pages ; 20 cm
Terme de vedette-matière
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Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Refugees -- Fiction.
Terme géographique
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Canada -- Fiction.
Résumé
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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?
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
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9781772601190
Informations de publication
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Toronto : Second Story Press, 2020.
| Bibliothèque | Numéro de rayon | Type de document | Code à barres du document | Statut |
|---|
| Delwood | F SIE | Book | 30194000008222 | Fiction |