Release Date: November 1, 2016
Pages: 284
Rating: 💜💜💜💜💜
Buy it: Amazon | Book Depository
Subhi is a refugee. Born in an immigration detention centre, life behind the fences is all he has ever known. Then he meets Jimmie, a scruffy, impatient girl from the other side of the fence...
This is one story. The story of millions.
This is a book that needed to be written. It has the feeling of a modern day Boy in the Striped Pyjamas; it focuses on the refugee problem with a heart-breaking story line. Just like The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, I adored it.
The book is told in a dual POV; the majority of the book is written from Subhi's perspective with small interjections from Jimmie. This builds up the world inside and outside the detention centre, creating quite an astounding picture. It was funny to read about the two children and how they are both stuck with their parents grief. It clearly affects how the children see the world and how they react to other people (which you see throughout the book).
Personally, I fell in love with the two characters in the firs few lines of their chapters. They are both stuck in their homes, but try to make the best out of a bad situation. Subhi seems so full of life, despite having grown up in a detention centre. Things that sound shocking to the reader (eating dog meat), is a game for him and his friends. Jimmie, the girl outside, is slowly losing her light because she is trapped in a loveless home. Their friendship is so beautiful and innocent, but still carries the weight of everything they have had to experience. It is incredible to read.
Overall I loved this book so much. It is an eye-opening, tear-jerking experience of a book; one which I'm glad I was told to read. I think I have fallen in love with this story and the way that Zana Fraillon managed to spin me into to her web of a book. Trust me, once you start reading this you won't be able to stop.
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