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The lightless sky : a twelve-year-old refugee's harrowing escape from Afghanistan and his extraordinary journey across half the world / Gulwali Passarlay with Nadene Ghouri. by Passarlay, Gulwali. HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016] Call #: 958.1047 P286L Subjects Passarlay, Gulwali.   Political refugees -- Afghanistan -- Biography.   Refugee children -- Afghanistan -- Biography.   Afghanistan -- History -- 2001-2021 -- Biography. ISBN:  9780062443878 (hc.) 0062443879 (hc.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  361 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm Summary:  "A twelve-year-old boy's traumatic flight from Afghanistan to the West - that puts a face to one of the most shocking and devastating humanitarian crises of our time. In 2006, after his father was killed by U.S. troops who suspected him of aiding the Taliban, Gulwali Passarlay's uncle Lala was the regional commander for the Taliban. He was caught between the Taliban who wanted to recruit him, and the Americans who wanted to use him. To protect her son, Gulwali's mother sent him away. The search for safety would lead the twelve-year-old across eight countries, from the mountains of eastern Afghanistan through Iran and Europe to Britain. Over the course of twelve harrowing months, Gulwali endured imprisonment, hunger, cruelty, brutality, loneliness, and terror - and nearly drowned crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Granted asylum in England, Gulwali was sent to a good school, learned English, won a place at a top university, and was chosen to help carry the Olympic Torch in the 2012 London Games. Gulwali recalls his remarkable experience and offers a firsthand look at the modern refugee crisis - the displacement of millions of people. Few, like Gulwali, make it to a country that offers freedom and opportunity."--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Autobiographies. Other authors:  Ghouri, Nadene, 1975- Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Biography 958.1047 P286L Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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