What are the two characters supposed to do when each needs the sandals? They come up with a plan and stick to it to the end.Īs the story unfolds, you notice how it builds up around these sandals. The other sandal? Meet Feroza, another 10-year-old girl. The first line captures with authenticity the humiliation refugees face as depicted in the way the relief workers (even if well meaning) throw used items at the crowd around the truck. She and her mother fled the war in Afghanistan where she had lost her father. This is achieved with language describing how a young girl “raced barefoot to the camp entrance where relief workers threw used clothing off the back of a truck.” We meet Lina who is in a refugee camp in Pakistan. With concise language, the opening line puts readers in an unfamiliar territory and engages them viscerally. By Karen Lynn Williams & Khadra Mohammed / Illustrated by Doug Chayka
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