The Raft

• Author(s): Lucia Salemi,
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Pages: 24
• ISBN_10: 150105340X
  ISBN_13: 9781501053405
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Fiction / Short Stories (single author) , Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration ,

Description:... "He opened his suitcase and a ray of sunshine came out. -It's for when I'm afraid of the dark in the new house where I will live.-" Five little refugees traveling on a raft, in the middle of the sea, hold on to their hopes for a brighter future. It ends on a positive note. ***** 40 million refugees in the world are forced to flee their homeland under threat of persecution, conflict and violence. Children constitute about 40 percent of the world's refugees.