This is such a timely book. It's the story of a young girl who has
to leave her country because of war. Irena Kobald's writing is exquisite and
Freya Blackwood's water color illustrations add depth and meaning to the text.
Living in a new country is hard work. Everything is different
including the houses, food, plants, animals and language. "Even the wind
felt different." It was like "standing under a waterfall of strange
sounds. The waterfall was cold. It made me feel alone. I felt like I wasn't me
anymore." She wraps herself in a blanket of her "own words and
sounds" where she feels safe.
Imagine yourself moving from here
to here...
Eventually she meets a friend in the park who helps her learn to
speak a new language.
One of the many things I love about this book is that we never know which country
our protagonist came from or to. This makes it a universal story of
refugees.
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