Nobody's Child - Softcover

Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1550024426 ISBN 13: 9781550024425

Publisher: Dundurn Press, 2003

Synopsis

Commended for the 2004 Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Selection, short-listed for the 2005 Red Maple Award and Rocky Mountain Book Award

When the Armenians of Turkey are marched into the desert to die in 1915, Mariam is rescued by her Turkish friend Rustem, and lives with mixed acceptance as a guest in his father's harem. Kevork is shot and left for dead in a mass grave in the desert, but is rescued by nomadic Arabs and nurtured back to health.

Both teens must choose between the security of an adopted home or the risk of death in search of family.

A sequel to the highly successful The Hunger, Nobody's Child is a stirring and engaging account of one of the twentieth century's most significant events.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

A sequel to The Hunger, this is a stirring and engaging account of an Armenian girl and a Turkish boy during the Armenian Genocide.

About the Author:

Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch is the author of two previous young adult novels - The Hunger (1999) and Hope's War (2001), which was nominated for the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award. Skrypuch is also the author of three picture books for children. She lives in Brantford, Ontario with her husband and son, and has a BA in English and an MLS.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1550024426
• ISBN 13: 9781550024425
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248