The Bone Sparrow: Zana Fraillon

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STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND GO READ THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW. I just finished it about half an hour ago and I’m reeling. Beautiful, poignant, enlightening, heartbreaking, and hopeful - this, THIS is why middle grade books should absolutely not be overlooked as worthy literature. This should sit right alongside other books shedding light on the plight of refugees and asylum seekers. This is the kind of book that helps all our hearts grow bigger - big enough to make sure that no one in this scary world is forgotten. Read it. Subhi is geboren in het vluchtelingenkamp en kent geen andere wereld dan de wereld binnen de hekken. Op een avond ontmoet hij Jimmie, die aan de andere kant van het hek woont. Samen ervaren ze een vorm van vrijheid door de verhalen in het dagboek van Jimmies overleden moeder. Born in a refugee camp, Subhi has never seen the outside world. At night, he dreams that the sea finds its way to his tent, bringing with it unusual treasures. And one day it brings him Jimmie: an illiterate young girl who lives near the refugee camp.

so much compassion and hope woven into this story about australia’s brutal treatment of refugees and especially refugee children

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These notes have been created to support students aged 12+ to explore the characters, storyline and issues in this book, including refugees, human rights abuses, courage, freedom and protest. The Bone Sparrow is one of those rare, special books that will break your heart with its honesty and beauty, but is ultimately hopeful and uplifting.

Hij denkt veel na over zijn moeder die alleen maar op bed ligt, over zijn vader die hij hoopt terug te zien, maar ook over gebeurtenissen en de sfeer in het kamp. Oct 2023 Our Connecting Stories literacy project is transforming reading and writing in disadvantaged communities View all Skills Academy is a reading intervention programme for students in Years 7 & 8. It is currently unavailable to buy.

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Trigger warnings: this book follows the story of refugees in a detention centre, so...PTSD, mistreatment by guards, murder, hunger strikes, self harm, and a multitude of other things. I received a copy of this book from Disney-Hyperion via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Wat een goed geschreven verhaal! Van tevoren wist ik dat het zich afspeelde in een vluchtelingenkamp, maar niet dat het zo goed geschreven was. Dit boek verdient meer aandacht, want helaas is dit wel de harde werkelijkheid in sommige kampen. Zo gaan wij toch niet om met mensen? A heart-rending, beautiful story. From the first line I knew that I would be utterly moved by the words written so passionately, weaving a narrative that is at times difficult to read. This is a book that will make change happen.' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Subhi, the main character, is a child born inside an Australian detention camp to a Burmese refugee. The way the story progresses is a work of art, with the reader taking the journey with Subhi as he grows to realize the only world he has ever known is not at all normal or fair. It’s a painful path to take with him. There are occasional chapters written in third person about the life of Jimmie, a girl from the outside. She provides both her own story and a way to see the contrast of what people think goes on and what actually happens inside of the camps. Amnesty International UK 2019. Amnesty International UK Section Charitable Trust. A company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (03139939) and a charity registered in England and Wales (1051681) and Scotland (SC039534). Amnesty International United Kingdom Section. A company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (01735872). Registered office 17-25 New Inn Yard London EC2A 3EA. hundreds and thousands refugees are detained in europe every year and they're been treating like criminals. When will this situation ever stop forever?

But then, without even realising it had happened, I was COMPLETELY HOOKED and I sped through the rest of the book. This is so beautifully told while also being absolutely horrifying to read. Fraillon doesn't pull any punches about the way refugees are treated in Australian detention centres. Het verhaal wordt verteld door de ogen van Subhi, met zijn kinderlijke gedachten, zijn fantasie en zijn woorden.

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Subhi makes up for many of the things he is missing in his life (like toys and books) by using his imagination. Every night he imagines a night sea lapping up against the tent flaps. The sea brings creatures and treasures with it. The way that Fraillon describes the Night Sea is so vivid and detailed, that you can actually feel the sea breeze and hear the tide. There is a really obvious, stereotypical book-to-book comparison that I could make with The Bone Sparrow and that is The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas because they both focus on children within closed-off camps being invisible to the rest of the world and how conversing with someone from the outside can give you more of an identity and the consequences that can arise from it. If you liked the themes in TBITSP, which I did when I read it, then you will enjoy this book too.