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A House Without Walls
A House Without Walls | Elizabeth Laird
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A House Without Walls is a powerful story of family, hope and redemption amidst the refugee crisis in Syria from the award-winning Elizabeth Laird, illustrated by Lucy Eldridge. Thirteen-year-old Safiya and her family have been driven out of Syria by civil war. Safiya knows how lucky she is – lucky not to be living in a refugee camp, lucky to be alive. But it's hard to feel grateful when she's forced to look after her father and brother rather than go back to school, and now that she's lost her home, she's lonelier than ever. As they struggle to rebuild their lives, Safiya realizes that her family has always been incomplete and with her own future in the balance, it's time to uncover the secrets that war has kept buried.
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A House Without Walls | Elizabeth Laird
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Good way to read about the Syrian war and its fallout for younger readers. Scary and sad, but uplifting at the same time. It gives a message that people are kind and strong and résiliant. This is a message kids need, and parents should remember: we need to do the hard work of making the world a better place for our amazing kids who are trying to change the world.