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Ningún Lugar Seguro (2011)

by Deborah Ellis(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Edelvives

review 1: No Safe Place shares Abdul's journey from Iraq to England. Abdul, a fifteen year old Iraqi, is an orphan whose father and brothers were killed in Iraq by American bombs in 2003. Two years later, his mother was driving him and an orphaned neighbor, Fatima, when two men shot and killed her for driving a car. The story begins in Calais, where Abdul gets caught in a riot while attempting to get food. He stabs a policeman and starts to run. Eventually, Abdul begins his voyage out of Calais and gets on an illegal boat taking immigrants out of the country. Over the course of the ride he meets many immigrants, including Jonah, Cheslav, and Rosalia. Eventually, they discover that their boat is filled with hidden heroin, and that their journey was, in part, a drug smuggling operatio... moren. Later, Abdul and the three other children are the only ones left on the boat and encounter two men with a yacht. They steal the yacht, and set out for England.Interwoven into the action is Cheslav, Rosalia, and Jonah's stories. You learn about how they got to the boat and their backstories. Eventually, the boat approaches land along the coast of Cornwall, England. Once they disembark from the yacht, they meet Gemma and get to know her in her secret cave. Gemma and her mother take the teenagers in, care for them, and do what they can to help them complete their journey. I loved this book and couldn't put it down! I think this book would be a great fit for middle school or high school students. It teaches a lot about stereotypes and the way people from other backgrounds are perceived by the world. The book could also be used within the context of history to teach about the Iraq War (beginning in 2003), and other European countries and cultures. I also think that the book has a strong message of friendship, and how to be reliant on one another. I would highly reccommend this book to adults and students, and I thought it was great!!!
review 2: Deborah Ellis must be immersed in a variety of cultures. Here she weaves three cultures with common strands of escape and survival: Abdul escaping the death and orphaned life in Iraq. Rosalia sold to a "better life" only to be captive to violence and violation. Cheslav escapes one Russian orphanage for military school to find freedom in music only to be imprisoned with no music. His only means to freedom is the unthinkable AWOL.The three converge on one boat imperiled by a inept smuggler. less

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