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The day of the pelican

Summary: In 1998, when Kosovo hostilities escalate, 13-year-old Meli Lleshi's life as an ethnic Albanian changes forever after her brother escapes his Serbian captors and their family flees from one refugee camp to another until they can get to America.

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  • ISBN: 0547181884
  • ISBN: 9780547181882
  • ISBN: 0547406274
  • ISBN: 9780547406275
  • Physical Description: 145 pages ; 20 cm
    print
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2010]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: Boston : Clarion Books, 2009.
"Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Harcourt."
Author was National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (Library of Congress) for 2010 and 2011.
Formatted Contents Note: The Lleshis of Kosovo -- Mehmet is missing -- Leaving home -- Camping -- A school in the hills -- At Uncle Fadil's -- Road to the unknown -- Terror and tragedy -- The bus -- Refugees -- A country far from home -- America -- Strangers in a strange land -- A new year -- 9/11 -- Country of the heart -- Historical note.
Target Audience Note:
770L Lexile
Grades 4-8.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG 5.2 6 6 133458
Subject: Kosovo (Republic) History 1980-2008 Fiction
Kosovo War, 1998-1999 Fiction
Albanians Kosovo Fiction
Muslims Fiction
Refugee camps Fiction
Refugees Fiction
Muslims Juvenile fiction
Albanians Juvenile fiction
Refugee camps Juvenile fiction
Refugees Juvenile fiction
Kosovo War, 1998-1999 Juvenile fiction
Genre: Children's stories.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Lackawanna County Library System.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Dalton Community Library JUV PATERSO (Text) 50689010302106 Juv Fiction Available -
Lackawanna County Children's Library JUV PATERSO (Text) 50686013798264 Juv Fiction Available -

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