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Author:

Paterson, Katherine.

Title:

The day of the pelican / Katherine Paterson.

Publisher:

Clarion Books,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

145 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Realistic fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
Refugee camps--Juvenile fiction.
Muslims--Juvenile fiction.
Albanians--Kosovo--Juvenile fiction.
Kosovo War, 1998-1999--Juvenile fiction.
Kosovo (Republic)--History--1980-2008--Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.

Contents:

The Lleshis of Kosovo -- Mehmet is missing -- Leaving home -- Camping -- A school in the hills -- At Uncle Fadil's -- Road to the unknown -- Terror and tragedy -- The bus -- Refugees -- A country far from home -- America -- Strangers in a strange land -- A new year -- 9/11 -- Country of the heart.

Summary:

In 1998 when the Kosovo hostilities escalate, thirteen-year-old Meli's life as an ethnic Albanian, changes forever after her brother escapes his Serbian captors and the entire family flees from one refugee camp to another until they are able to immigrate to America.

ISBN:

0547181884
9780547181882

OCLC:

(OCoLC)313658166

LCCN:

2009014998

Locations:

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RAPD371 -- Jefferson Public Library (Jefferson)

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ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

LZSX115 -- Storm Lake Middle School (Storm Lake)

90PB522 -- Springmier Community Library (Tiffin)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)