Do we all not secretly long for more love than reason, more pardon than justice, more impulse than calculation, more heart than head and altogether for an asymmetrical slant in our favour in our lives? The climactic confrontation pits oceangoing mammals, seabirds, fish, and even zooplankton against hardware and technology in a nicely choreographed battle. His mother stays for too long in the south to sort out the will, and strange armed men are seen travelling fast towards the west.

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His mother and Nonnie’s father are murdered, all his friends on the farm are killed; only he, and Nonnie, and Hintza survive, because Xhabbo has come to warn them in time that the mercenaries are moving in with intent to kill.This is a beautiful little book about a group of refugees on a boat who tell each other stories to pass the night. This book would also make an excellent book study as part of a school or homeschool curriculum/unit that is learning about war, veterans, current events, refugees, or the Syrian conflict. François gets his first gun on his tenth birthday, and shoots an elephant and a leopard shortly after he is thirteen. The dangers of the refugee experience are shown tangibly on the page, as are the stories of what they have lost from war.

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A moving response to the refugee crisis, this poignant story, a mixture of current events and traditional fable accompanied by beautiful illustrations, will linger long in the memory. A Story Like The Wind" should only take a half-hour to read, it took me two weeks because i kept putting it down and thinking of what the boy sang to the others to give them the promise of living further and longer. The sequel – A Far-Off Place (1974) – is crucial, because A Story Like the Wind finishes after a completely unexpected and brutal massacre, leaving the principal characters trapped in a cave, with only a desert crossing as their way of escaping the attackers. I also love A Story Like the Wind because it is, at a very straightforward level, a story about the drama of life in Africa. Yet at the same time, these faults 'worked' in the book's favor, lent it a naive charm of a land seen through the eyes of a young boy suddenly required to mature much too fast.This is a unique angle, as it proves that you don’t always have to fully know or understand someone’s story to be able to identify with what they are feeling and to provide comfort.

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Francois and his parents lived isolated from other white men, but shared living and mutual respect with the natives. The illustrations frame the story with a monochromatic palette, and the small trim size makes it less likely to be a read aloud, though the poetic language is well suited for it. Each pack carefully analyses the vocabulary used by authors, chapter by chapter, then provides an explanation of these unfamiliar or meaning-rich words in context. The absolutely stunning illustrations and well chosen words will stay with me and help me through my painful times, and will help me feel compassion as I try to help other people through theirs.

Gill Lewis captures the heartbreak refugees have suffered and the devastation of war, but also reminds us why life is to be celebrated. Beautiful charcoal illustrations from Jo Weaver give this book a very special feel and make it a perfect gift. After realising her childhood dream of becoming a vet, Gill worked in the UK and overseas, everywhere from Africa to the Arctic.

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This is frequently described as a coming-of-age story, but in so many ways it’s much more than that alone. The adventure begins when François rescues Xhabbo, a Bushman caught in a lion trap, and is taken by him to a secret cave in the hills where Xhabbo can recover before going home. Van der Post is determined to make us learn from this story, and we come out the other end knowing a great deal more about southern African wildlife and even some words from languages we may never have heard of. Rami's only remaining possession (apart from the clothes he wears) is a violin, with which he depicts the story to his fellow travellers to calm their fears as the dinghy is buffeted by the rough, rising sea heading to nowhere.

The night of London's grandest ball, a bold group of women downstairs launch a daring revenge heist against Mayfair society in this dazzling historical novel about power, gender, and class. The theme for this month focuses on child agency and situations where children can relate to adults through personal relationship, actions, words or questions.