- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Orion Childrens (3 Jun 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 185881491X
- ISBN-13: 978-1858814919
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,597,518 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A teenagers survival story set in the former Yugoslavia, and as an unwelcome refugee child in England. Since Nina lost her parents, during the siege of Sarajevo, she has lived in hiding with her Grandfather. Her brother and cousins have all disappeared, and her girl cousin - her best friend - was killed by a bomb. 1 day some men come to the house and when her Grandfather orders her to run, Nina runs. He has told her just what to do - try and get a lift in 1 of the aid lorries that are driving back to England. She manages to hide in the back of a lorry and gets to England. She knows little English, and all she has is address of someone in Sussex whom she believes once knew her father and mother. Inspired by true stories, the book shows vividly how hard it is to start a new life in a foreign land where you are not welcome.
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Gaye's first book AGAINST THE STORM (Viking) was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award and was runner-up for the Guardian Children's Book Award. THE FROZEN WATERFALL (Faber) was shortlisted for the Guardian and the Smarties Awards and won the Writer's Guild Children's Fiction Award. She spent many years in Turkey and Switzerland and now lives with her husband on the Pembrokeshire coast. She has four grown-up children.
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This book was v.good, even though the cover is a bit freaky! I liked it and it was well written. It is about a girl called Nina who leaves her war-torn country to go to England to find a man her dead Mother once knew. But was her Mother's relationship with this man all that it seems? Will Nina get to England successfully?
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