Marwan′s Journey

This lyrical yet accessible addition to a growing body of refugee stories captures the resilience and courage of displaced children seeking safety and sanctuary. --Maria B. Salvadore, School Library Journal Marwan's Journey originally published back in 2016 in Chile, and it's haunting how universal the story is two years later....Sheds a light on displaced peoples and the struggles they endure to find safety in unfamiliar places. --Mel Schuit, Let's Talk Pictur eBooks With the all too timely Marwan's Journey, Patricia de Arias has done a magician's trick of using one character's narration to suggest a universal refugee experience....Such a book would seem an unlikely repository for uplift, but Marwan's Journey's concluding spread, showing the smiling boy overlooking his neighborhood from the roof of his new house, may elicit the reader's joy. --Nell Beram, Shelf Awareness Sheds a light on displaced peoples and the struggles they endure to find safety in unfamiliar places. --Mel Schuitt, Let's Talk Picture Books STARRED REVIEW! Borr�s, the recipient of several international illustration awards, creates powerful images in fluid ink lines and textured paint washes that convey with uncommon sensitivity a young refugee's fear, courage, and sense of dislocation. --Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW: Borr�s' deceivingly simple freestyle illustrations in ink and color wash go hand in hand with the text, neither one shying away from harsh reality yet still child accessible... A beautiful, haunting, and, sadly, important book. --Kirkus Reviews