The Bone Sparrow: Zana Fraillon

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Binnen het kamp is Subhi bevriend met Eli, in mijn ogen voelde hij als zijn grote broer die hem beschermde en met wie hij lol had. Wanneer hij Jimmie ontmoet zegt hij: ‘Ik bedenk hoe anders ik me voel als Jimmie er is. Alsof iemand mij echt ziet, echt naar mij luistert.’

It's set in an Australian refugee camp; it follows a boy named Subhi who lives there with his sister Queeny and his mother and all we know about their past so far is that Subhi has been born there so he's lived in the camp all his life and the two girls fled from their homeland far away. It focuses on imagination; it focuses on refugee life; it focuses on how a story can help you escape. It's mainly about the relationship between Subhi and Jimmie who is a very impatient, chatty girl who does not live in the camp but visits through a hole in the fence. We learn that Jimmie does not have an alive mother and her mother has left her this book containing a story that her mother told to her but Jimmie cannot read so she relies on Subhi to allow her to escape into this poignant story and cling to her mother's existence. Het verhaal wordt verteld door de ogen van Subhi, met zijn kinderlijke gedachten, zijn fantasie en zijn woorden.on my blog. This book made me extremely emotional. It is three stories in one really. It is beautiful and fanciful in parts and cruelly realistic in others. It is skillfully wrought. My head and heart are swimming in feelings right now. Full blog review to follow. I will add the link when it is posted.

The book is written for middle graders and does an excellent job of presenting very difficult subjects at an appropriate reading level without sugar-coating any of the horror. I believe any age group ten and up should read “The Bone Sparrow,” but the fact that children can learn from the lessons contained within it gives me hope for the future of humanity. so much compassion and hope woven into this story about australia’s brutal treatment of refugees and especially refugee children A compilation of recent research and policy developments to support whole-school and disciplinary literacy in secondary schools. But then, without even realising it had happened, I was COMPLETELY HOOKED and I sped through the rest of the book. This is so beautifully told while also being absolutely horrifying to read. Fraillon doesn't pull any punches about the way refugees are treated in Australian detention centres.Subhi is a refugee. Born in an Australian permanent detention center after his mother and sister fled the violence of a distant homeland, Subhi has only ever known life behind the fences. But his world is far bigger than that—every night, the magical Night Sea from his mother's stories brings him gifts, the faraway whales sing to him, and the birds tell their stories. And as he grows, his imagination threatens to burst beyond the limits of his containment.

In het boek wordt ook gesproken over Binnen en Buiten en deze binnen en buiten worden niet bedoeld zoals wij deze kennen. Binnen is niet binnen in hun tent, maar binnen de hekken. Buiten is niet buiten hun tent, maar Buiten de hekken. Ze leven om Ooit naar Buiten te kunnen, als volwaardig mens. Trigger warnings: this book follows the story of refugees in a detention centre, so...PTSD, mistreatment by guards, murder, hunger strikes, self harm, and a multitude of other things. Subhi, ο οποίος γεννήθηκε σε προσφυγικό καταυλισμό, όπου ζει με τη Maa, την αδερφή του Queeny, τον φίλο του Eli και ένα ευγενικό άνθρωπο με γλυκιά ψυχή που ανήκει στην στρατιωτική ομάδα φύλαξης και ονομάζεται Harvey. It's a slow pace reading. The bone sparrow touches my heart when the innocent main character which is subhi, who born in immigration detention and life behind the fences is all he has ever known until he meet jimmie.En ik wou dat ik het niet snapte, want dat ik het snap lost niks op. Dat ik het snap maakt het alleen maar erger.’

Amnesty International UK 2019. Amnesty International UK Section Charitable Trust. A company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (03139939) and a charity registered in England and Wales (1051681) and Scotland (SC039534). Amnesty International United Kingdom Section. A company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (01735872). Registered office 17-25 New Inn Yard London EC2A 3EA. The National Literacy Trust is a registered charity no. 1116260 and a company limited by guarantee no. 5836486 registered in England and Wales and a registered charity in Scotland no. SC042944. Subhi and Jimmie might both find comfort—and maybe even freedom—as their tales unfold. But not until each has been braver than ever before. The Bone Sparrow is one of those rare, special books that will break your heart with its honesty and beauty, but is ultimately hopeful and uplifting.’ In a nutshell, this heart wrenching story will make the readers shed a tear or two for the characters' plight in a sad, sad dump that they call it home.Jimmie, she stays there, holding the book in one hand and the wire in the other. She keeps that wire up, letting the wind feel its way over my face, letting me taste the air on the other side. I don't know how long we stay like that. It feels like a long time. Like when I put my head under the water. Except this time I don't need to hold my breath. This time I can enjoy the breathing. Enjoy pulling that air deep inside of me. This time the birds don't need to worry."