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Displaced
Contributor(s): Hughes, Dean (Author)

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ISBN: 153445232X     ISBN-13: 9781534452329
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2020
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BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - Middle East
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Homelessness & Poverty
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2020012974
Age Level: 12-17
Grade Level: 7-12
Lexile Measure: 740
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 8.5" L (0.80 lbs) 256 pages
 
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In this gripping and eye-opening novel, two Syrian refugee teens trying to make a living on the street corners of Beirut must decide how far they're willing to go to make a home for their family in an unwelcoming country.

Thirteen-year-old Hadi Toma and his family are displaced. At least that's what the Lebanese government calls them and the thousands of other Syrian refugees that have flooded into Beirut. But as Hadi tries to earn money to feed his family by selling gum on the street corner, he learns that many people who travel the city don't think they're displaced--they think that they don't belong in this country either. Each day he hears insults, but each day he convinces himself they don't matter, approaching the cars again and again. He hardly dares to dream anymore that this might change.

But then Hadi meets Malek, who has been instructed to work on the same corner. Malek, who talks about going to school and becoming an engineer. But Malek is new to the streets, and Kamal, the man who oversees many of the local street vendors, tells Malek he must work the corner...alone. And people who don't follow Kamal's orders don't last long.

Now Hadi is forced to make a choice between engaging in illegal activities or letting his family starve. Can the boys find a way out of their impossible situation, or will the dream of something greater than their harsh realities remain stubbornly out of reach?

 
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