{"product_id":"no-safe-place-9780888999740","title":"No Safe Place","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Deborah Ellis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Groundwood Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Groundwood Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Social Themes - Emigration, Immigration \u0026amp; Refugees\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrphaned and plagued with the grief of losing everyone he loves, fifteen-year-old Abdul has made a long, fraught journey from his war-torn home in Baghdad, only to end up in The Jungle -- the squalid, makeshift migrant community in Calais.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen an altercation at the soup kitchen ends up with him accidently stabbing a policeman, Abdul has to flee, and in desperation he takes a spot in a small boat heading to England. A sudden skirmish leaves the boat stalled in the middle of the Channel, the pilot dead, and four young people remaining -- Abdul; Rosalia, a Romani girl who has escaped from the white slave trade; Cheslav, gone AWOL from a Russian military school; and Jonah, the boat pilot's ten-year-old nephew. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe four of them end up hijacking a yacht and, despite their fear and mistrust, they form a kind of makeshift family. And as the authorities close in on them, they find refuge in an unusual place -- a child's secret cave on the English coast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Groundwood Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45085500211351,"sku":"9780888999740","price":630.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780888999740.webp?v=1767638075","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/no-safe-place-9780888999740","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}