Children Of The Boat People
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Author | : Sharon Bala |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2018-01-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0385542305 |
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Globe and Mail bestseller, The Boat People is an extraordinary novel about a group of refugees who survive a perilous ocean voyage only to face the threat of deportation amid accusations of terrorism When a rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees from Sri Lanka's bloody civil war reaches Vancouver's shores, the young father thinks he and his six-year-old son can finally start a new life. Instead, the group is thrown into a detention processing center, with government officials and news headlines speculating that among the "boat people" are members of a separatist militant organization responsible for countless suicide attacks—and that these terrorists now pose a threat to Canada's national security. As the refugees become subject to heavy interrogation, Mahindan begins to fear that a desperate act taken in Sri Lanka to fund their escape may now jeopardize his and his son's chance for asylum. Told through the alternating perspectives of Mahindan; his lawyer, Priya, a second-generation Sri Lankan Canadian who reluctantly represents the refugees; and Grace, a third-generation Japanese Canadian adjudicator who must decide Mahindan's fate as evidence mounts against him, The Boat People is a spellbinding and timely novel that provokes a deeply compassionate lens through which to view the current refugee crisis.
Author | : Nathan Caplan |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780472081622 |
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An exploration of the reasons for the extraordinary educational success in America of the children of the Boat People
Author | : Nathan S. Caplan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780472093977 |
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This is a description of an interesting and mostly unknown event in recent history which is touted by the publisher as representing a major revolution in naval warfare. In truth, the event makes a fine politics and espionage thriller, but it hardly signifies a radical transformation of military doctrine. The concept of wars being fought with missiles exclusively is not new. Israel was in a position to use this concept in war time conditions first. Based on empirical surveys as well as personal interviews, this study examines the cultural values, family milieu, and psychological characteristics that account for the successes of the Indochinese Boat People (Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian) in this country. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : Sarah S. Kilborne |
Publisher | : Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Political refugees |
ISBN | : 9780689807978 |
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Tells the story of a boy and his father who endure danger and difficulties when they escape by boat from Vietnam, spend days at sea, and then months in refugee camps before making their way to the United States.
Author | : Thao Lam |
Publisher | : Owlkids |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2020-09-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781771473637 |
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A heartfelt and personal immigration story, new from critically acclaimed author Thao Lam
Author | : Keith Elliot Greenberg |
Publisher | : Blackbirch Press, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Boat people |
ISBN | : 9781567111880 |
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A United Nations staff photographer presents an overview of Vietnam's history and his impressions of some of the people, particularly children, who have fled this war-torn country.
Author | : Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch |
Publisher | : Pajama Press Inc. |
Total Pages | : 27 |
Release | : 2016-09-22 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1772780057 |
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It is 1981. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a fishing boat overloaded with 60 Vietnamese refugees drifts. The motor has failed; the hull is leaking; the drinking water is nearly gone. This is the dramatic true story recounted by Tuan Ho, who was six years old when he, his mother, and two sisters dodged the bullets of Vietnam’s military police for the perilous chance of boarding that boat. Told to multi-award-winning author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch and illustrated by the celebrated Brian Deines, Tuan’s story has become Adrift At Sea, the first picture book to describe the flight of Vietnam’s “Boat People” refugees. Illustrated with sweeping oil paintings and complete with an expansive historical and biographical section with photographs, this non-fiction picture book is all the more important as the world responds to a new generation of refugees risking all on the open water for the chance at safety and a new life.
Author | : James Haskins |
Publisher | : Enslow Pub Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1980-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780894900358 |
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Discusses the mass exodus from Vietnam as a result of the war and describes the lives of the Vietnamese who found refuge in the United States.
Author | : Irial Glynn |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2016-06-11 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1137517336 |
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This book compares the policies of Australia and Italy towards boat people who have arrived in the two countries since the early 1990s. While the regular and varied inflow of immigrants arriving at national airports, ferry terminals and train stations is seldom witnessed by the public, the arrival of boat people is often played out in the media and consequently attracts disproportionate political and public attention. Both Australia and Italy faced similar dilemmas, but the nature of political debate on the issue, the types of strategies introduced, and the effects that policy changes had on boat people diverged considerably. This book argues that contrasting migration path dependencies, disparate political values within the Left, and varying international obligations best explain the different approaches taken by the two countries to boat people.
Author | : Maris Vinovskis |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1995-01-01 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780300062694 |
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In this book, an eminent educational historian examines some important aspects of American schooling over the past centuries, illuminating the relation between education and other broad changes in American society and providing a historical perspective for contemporary efforts at school reform. Maris Vinovskis critically reviews and integrates recent work in educational history and provides new research on neglected topics. He discusses such issues as: the gradual shift from the family to the public schools in the responsibility for educating the young; the rise and fall of infant schools between 1840 and 1860; the crisis in the teaching of morality in the public schools of the mid-nineteenth century; early efforts to provide schooling for impoverished children; and the evolution of the belief that education improves individual economic and social mobility. He also studies school attendance and discovers that a much higher percentage of children may have attended public high schools in the nineteenth century than has been assumed, investigates when the practice of placing children in grades according to their age became widespread, and assesses whether different age groups in previous eras varied in their support for schooling--as they seem to be doing now.