Longlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2021 | A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month September 2019
Award winning Elizabeth Laird brilliantly brings to life thirteen year old Safiya’s new world as a refugee after her family flee from their comfortable home in Damascus because of the war in Syria. Safiya, her brother and father arrive in Jordan with nothing and must turn to relatives for help.
Safiya has to adjust to living in a tent without running water. Suddenly, she is cleaning and washing and finding clever ways of making do on very little rather than going to school. But resourceful Safiya never gives up hope of going back to a better way for life or of finding her missing twin sister.
A House without Walls is a vivid picture of a family facing an extreme experience with courage and imagination.
A House Without Walls is a powerful story of family, hope and redemption amidst the refugee crisis in Syria from the award-winning Elizabeth Laird, illustrated by Lucy Eldridge.
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A House Without Walls is a powerful story of family, hope and redemption amidst the refugee crisis in Syria from the award-winning Elizabeth Laird, illustrated by Lucy Eldridge. Thirteen-year-old Safiya and her family have been driven out of Syria by civil war.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed A House Without Walls and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
A House Without Walls features in the following genres: Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Stories about Family and Friends, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Recommendations, Gritty Reads, Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month, Star Books, Featured Books for 11+ readers
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A House Without Walls was written by Elizabeth Laird and published by Macmillan Children's Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
