One Boy from Kosovo

by Trish Marx

Book Overview

A true story of survival and hope, when war drove 12-year-old Edi and his family from their home in Kosovo, they fled across the Macedonian border to the Brazada refugee camp. They shared a tent with more than 20 other people while waiting for news about relatives, for the war to end, and for the day when they could finally go home. Color photos.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688177328
• ISBN13: 9780688177324
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.0" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 7 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 2 and higher

Customer Reviews

from the Chicago Tribune

From the Chicago Tribune, May 7, 2000 What's it like to be a refugee child? Trish Marx and Cindy Karp are not interested in a political study but a human one, and so, after brief headnotes about their work and the region's history, the story becomes specific and personal: "This is what happened to one boy from Kosovo in the spring of his twelfth year." We see Edi lining up for water, playing at the children's center, or searching a bulletin board for the names of relatives; w e hear of the friends he misses. More time is spent on camp life than on his family's fears in Kosovo or the hardships of fleeing. Though the book tells a specifie story, the empathy created between Edi and readers suggests a larger, global message: Refugees are not "others" but ourselves.