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In the Sea there are Crocodiles

In the Sea there are Crocodiles


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About the Book

One night before putting him to bed, Enaiatollah s mother tells him three things- don t use drugs, don t use weapons, don t steal. The next day he wakes up to find she isn t there. Ten-year-old Enaiatollah is left alone in Pakistan to fend for himself. In a book that takes a true story and shapes it into a beautiful piece of fiction, Italian novelist Fabio Geda describes Enaiatollah s remarkable five-year journey from Afghanistan to Italy where he finally managed to claim political asylum aged fifteen. His ordeal took him through Iran, Turkey and Greece, working on building sites in order to pay people-traffickers, and enduring the physical misery of dangerous border crossings squeezed into the false bottoms of lorries or trekking across inhospitable mountains. A series of almost implausible strokes of fortune enabled him to get to Turin, find help from an Italian family and meet Fabio Geda, with whom he became friends. The result of their friendship is this unique book in which Enaiatollah s engaging, moving voice is brilliantly captured by Geda s subtly simple storytelling. In Geda s hands, Enaiatollah s journey becomes a universal story of stoicism in the face of fear, and t

About the Author :
Born in Turin in 1972, Fabio Geda is an Italian novelist who works with children in difficulties. He writes for several Italian magazines and newspapers, and teaches creative writing in the most famous Italian school of storytelling (Scuola Holden, in Turin). This is his first book to be translated into English.

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"A true story woven into a wonderful piece of fiction ... This is a story of perseverance and endurance made all the more moving as it is based on truth" -- Vanessa Lewis The Bookseller "Fabio has a poetic turn of phrase, but lets events speak for themselves. The result is a moving and eye-opening chronicle of hardships no child should have to endure, mitigated by intermittent kindness" -- Nicolette Jones The Sunday Times "Geda's voice combines the plucky survivor's determination of his charge with moments of pathos-soaked poignancy and others of joyful laughter ... This little gem, beautifully and unobtrusively translated, will raise tears of sorrow and of joy" Independent "Based on a true story, this extraordinary tale of a young boy's search for a home will be published simultaneously in adult and YA editions" -- Fiona Noble The Bookseller "This powerful true-life tale ... is sure to appeal to fans of historical fiction." Carousel 'Pick of the Year'


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781849920988
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
  • Publisher Imprint: David Fickling Books
  • Height: 199 mm
  • No of Pages: 224
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Width: 130 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1849920982
  • Publisher Date: 05 Jul 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 167 gr


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