Notes

Graphic novel - illustrations without words. Through a series of connecting images, it tells the story of an anonymous migrant leaving some unfortunate circumstances in his home country, crossing an ocean to a strange new city, and learning how to live there.

Teaching notes NZSO Secondary, October 2006.

AWARDS:
Winner of ABIA Australian Book of the Year for Older Children (8 to 14 Years) 2007. -- Winner of Children's Book Council of Australia Awards: Picture Book of the Year 2007. -- Shortlisted for Queensland Premier's Literary Awards: Best Young Adult Book 2007.