Welcome to Nowhere

About the author

Elizabeth Laird is the multi-award-winning author of several much-loved children's books including The Garbage King, The Fastest Boy in the World and Dindy and the Elephant. She has been shortlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal six times. She lives in Britain now, but still likes to travel as much as she can.Lucy Eldridge is a traditional artist who works primarily in watercolor and gouache to create beautiful, whimsical illustrations. Lucy illustrated the middle-grade novel Welcome to Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird and her first picture book, If A Horse Had Words, by Kelly Cooper. She is based in Brighton, UK.

Summary

Twelve-year-old Omar and his brothers and sisters were born and raised in the beautiful and bustling city of Bosra, Syria. Omar doesn't care about politics - all he wants is to grow up to become a successful businessman who will take the world by storm. But when his clever older brother, Musa, gets mixed up with some young political activists, everything changes . . .
Before long, bombs are falling, people are dying, and Omar and his family have no choice but to flee their home with only what they can carry. Yet no matter how far they run, the shadow of war follows them - until they have no other choice than to attempt the dangerous journey to escape their homeland altogether. But where do you go when you can't go home?

Foreword

A powerful and beautifully-written story about the life of one family in wartime by the award-winning author Elizabeth Laird

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Laird, Laird Elizabeth
• Assisted by: Maria Brzozowska (Illustration), Lucy Eldridge (Illustration)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9781509853441
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-5344-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, Syria, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration, JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Middle East, Middle East, Interest age: from c 9 years, Social issues: war & conflict issues (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage social topics: Migration / refugees, Children’s / Teenage social topics: War and conflict issues, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Poverty & Homelessness