Mina and the whole wide world / Sherryl Clark ; with art by Briony Stewart.
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TextPublisher: St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 107 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780702263231 (paperback)Subject(s): Drawing -- Juvenile fiction | Bedrooms -- Juvenile fiction | Refugees -- Juvenile fiction | Refugee children -- Juvenile fiction | Friendship -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Australian fiction. | Children's stories. | Novels in verse. DDC classification: A823.3 Summary: A powerful story about a young girl, Mina, and how she copes when her family take in a refugee boy and give away what was meant to be her first very-own bedroom. Mina wants her own bedroom more than anything else in the whole wide world. And it's almost ready! Just one more lick of sunny yellow paint and it's hers. But when Mina's parents take in an unexpected guest, they give her room away. At first, Mina is too upset to speak. She doesn't care that this new boy, Azzami, needs a place to stay. At school, the other kids call Azzami names, and Mina wishes he'd stand up for himself. Then she sees his drawings, and for the first time really thinks about the life of the quiet boy in front of her. Here is a story about finding friendship where you least expect it and making room for everyone across this big wide world.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Junior Fiction | JF CLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111082145507 |
Ages 7+.
A powerful story about a young girl, Mina, and how she copes when her family take in a refugee boy and give away what was meant to be her first very-own bedroom. Mina wants her own bedroom more than anything else in the whole wide world. And it's almost ready! Just one more lick of sunny yellow paint and it's hers. But when Mina's parents take in an unexpected guest, they give her room away. At first, Mina is too upset to speak. She doesn't care that this new boy, Azzami, needs a place to stay. At school, the other kids call Azzami names, and Mina wishes he'd stand up for himself. Then she sees his drawings, and for the first time really thinks about the life of the quiet boy in front of her. Here is a story about finding friendship where you least expect it and making room for everyone across this big wide world.
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