Escape from Tibet - A True Story

Informationen zum Autor Nick Gray is a documentary-maker whose films have won many international awards. He now writes and teaches at the University of Lincoln in England where he is Visiting Professor. "Escape from Tibet" is his first book. Laura Scandiffio has written many non-fiction books for young readers, including the award-winning "People Who Said No" and, most recently, "Outlaws, Spies, and Gangsters." She lives with her family in Toronto, Ontario. Klappentext Two brothers face cruelty, hardship, and hope, on the ultimate journey in search of freedom. Zusammenfassung Two brothers face cruelty, hardship, and hope, on the ultimate journey in search of freedom. Eleven-year-old Tenzin hasn’t seen his older brother, Pasang, in five years, so he is thrilled when Pasang unexpectedly returns to their Tibetan village late one night. Now eighteen, Pasang is an educated monk whose return from India provokes the suspicious and ever-watchful eyes of the Chinese authorities. Unbeknownst to Tenzin, Pasang has conspired with their mother to leave again?taking his younger brother with him, this time, in search of a better life. Based on the true story of the brothers’ journey in the mid-1990s first made into an acclaimed documentary by Nick Gray, Escape from Tibet is a riveting tale of courage, adventure, and triumph. A foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and an introduction provide historical context. Black and white photographs of Nick Gray’s travels through Tibet vividly evoke the boys’ homeland, and a timeline, glossary, and maps further contextualize the Tibetans’ controversial and ongoing struggle with China.

Product details

• Authors: Nick Gray, Nick/ Scandiffio Gray, Laura Scandiffio
• Assisted by: Mary Beth Leatherdale (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues_US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 12 to 14
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.08.2014
• EAN: 9781554516636
• ISBN: 978-1-55451-663-6
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 225 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; Asien, Kinder/Jugendliche: Sachbuch: Orte und Menschen, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Politics & Government, JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Asia, Young Adult People & Places