The lightless sky : my journey to safety as a child refugee / Gulwali Passarlay with Nadene Ghouri.

By:

Passarlay, Gulwali [author]

Contributor(s):

Ghouri, Nadene, 1975- [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Atlantic books, 2016, c2015.Description: 365 p. : ill. ; 20 cmContent type:

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9781782398479

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362.77914092

Summary: "Gulwali Passarlay was sent away from Afghanistan at the age of twelve, after his father was killed in a gun battle with the US Army. He made a twelve-month odyssey across Europe, spending time in prisons, suffering hunger, making a terrifying journey across the Mediterranean in a tiny boat, and enduring a desolate month in the camp at Calais. Somehow he survived, and made it to Britain, where he was fostered, sent to school, and won a place at a top university. He was chosen to carry the Olympic torch in 2012. One boy's experience is the central story of our times. This powerful memoir celebrates the triumph of courage over adversity." -- Publisher's description.

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"Gulwali Passarlay was sent away from Afghanistan at the age of twelve, after his father was killed in a gun battle with the US Army. He made a twelve-month odyssey across Europe, spending time in prisons, suffering hunger, making a terrifying journey across the Mediterranean in a tiny boat, and enduring a desolate month in the camp at Calais. Somehow he survived, and made it to Britain, where he was fostered, sent to school, and won a place at a top university. He was chosen to carry the Olympic torch in 2012. One boy's experience is the central story of our times. This powerful memoir celebrates the triumph of courage over adversity." -- Publisher's description.