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Author Sunderland, Alan, 1959- author

Title Refugee : [the diary of Ali Ismail, Woomera 2001-2002] / Alan Sunderland
Published Gosford, N.S.W. : Scholastic Press, 2010

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 MELB CRC  JUNIOR FICTION Sun/Rtd  AVAILABLE
Description 220 pages ; 20 cm
Series My Australian story
My Australian story
Summary 9 yrs+
Aust'n. AU Author. I heard the voice of my father, arguing with the Taliban. I couldn't make out what he was saying, but I could tell he was angry, and then I could tell they were all angry. My uncle has told me that the Taliban pass through all the villages in our valley, and they take boys like me to fight with them. Ali Ismail is a refugee. After the Taliban kill his father, Ali flees Afghanistan, arriving in Australia on a ramshackle boat. He is looking for freedom, but instead he is taken to a detention centre in the South Australian outback. Imprisoned behind the razor wire, Ali waits to discover whether he will be sent back to Afghanistan, or given the chance to start a new life in Australia
Notes Previously published: 2006
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Audience For children
Subject Detention of persons -- Juvenile fiction.
Ismail, Ali (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
Refugee children -- Australia -- Woomera (S.A.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Refugee children -- Australia -- South Australia -- Woomera -- Juvenile fiction
Genre/Form Fiction.
Autobiographies.
ISBN 9781741696165 (paperback)
Other Titles The diary of Ali Ismail, Woomera 2001-2002
The diary of Ali Ismail, Woomera 2001-2002