{"product_id":"little-brother-a-refugees-odyssey-9781951627812","title":"Little Brother: A Refugee's Odyssey","description":"\u003cb\u003eBased on the author's own life, this heartbreaking novel about an African migrant takes you inside the refugee crisis--for readers of \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Children's Archive \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Girl with the Louding Voice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ibrahima is still a boy when his father dies, but as the eldest son he must leave their home village in the Guinean countryside in search of work to support his family. Eventually apprenticed to a trucker in the capital, he learns that his younger brother has dropped out of school and fled to Libya to pursue the dream of finding work in Europe. Leaving behind everything, Ibrahima sets off with the aim to convince his little brother to return home and complete his education. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His journey, full of hardships and sometimes on foot, takes Ibrahima north to Mali and across the Sahara Desert to the refugee camps of North Africa--to Algeria, Libya, and then back west to Morocco. Stopping along the way to recover physically or earn money, he encounters untold cruelties as well as kindness. His savings are taken at gunpoint. In the desert, he is held in a prison that serves as a slave market. In Libya, imprisoned again, he is sold to a chicken farmer but escapes for the second time. Only then, in a camp in Algeria, does he learn that his brother may have drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean. Grief-stricken, burdened by guilt, and unable to face his mother, he too arranges passage across the sea in a Zodiac. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The author, Ibrahima Balde, was rescued at sea and found refuge in the Basque Country of Spain. Based on his true-life story told to a traditional bard from the Basque Country and retold here, \u003ci\u003eLittle Brother \u003c\/i\u003eis a deeply moving, eye-opening novel that gives voice and a face to the refugee crisis, illuminating the plight of migrants from many lands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcade Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951627812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168","brand":"Ibrahima Balde, Amets Arzallus Antia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39956763672757,"sku":"9781951627812","price":19.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c2107ba6-b8cb-467f-b3e2-89ca2ec9a712.jpg?v=1620222324","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/little-brother-a-refugees-odyssey-9781951627812","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}