No safe place /

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by Ellis, Deborah,
[ 02. English Fiction ] Published by : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, (Toronto :) Physical details: 205 p. ; 19 cm. Subject(s): Iraqis --Fiction. | Stowaways --Fiction. | Teenagers --Fiction. | Emigration and immigration --Fiction. | England --Fiction. | France --Fiction. Year : 2010 02. English Fiction Item type : 02. English Fiction
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Fifteen-year-old Abdul, having lost everyone he loves, journeys from Baghdad to a migrant community in Calais where he sneaks aboard a boat bound for England, not knowing it carries a cargo of heroin, and when the vessel is involved in a skirmish and the pilot killed, it is up to Abdul and three other young stowaways to complete the journey.