David Starr
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From  A Guest of the Government of IraqFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of a Kurdish man from Iraq who was imprisoned by the Iraqi government and the trials he experienced trying to get his family to safety. | David Starr | 15 | 2016 | $1.50 Add |
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From AfterwordFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Provides an update on what has happened to the people described in other chapters in the book during the five years since its original publication. | David Starr | 3 | 2016 | $0.30 Add |
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From BeginningsFrom: From Bombs to Books |
A profile of Elaha Anwary, an Afghan refugee, who won the Grade 7 public speaking competition for her BC school by sharing her story. | David Starr | 5 | 2016 | $0.50 Add |
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From Freedom Smells Like Sunlight DetergentFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Outlines the process of becoming a refugee as outlined by the United Nations, government assistance vs. private sponsorship, and arriving as a refugee claimant. Describes the process of arriving … | David Starr | 10 | 2016 | $1.00 Add |
From Bombs to BooksThe remarkable stories of refugee children and their families at two exceptional Canadian schools |
This book chronicles how schools in Canada can #&8212; and do — play a positive role in the day-to-day lives of refugee families. Written by a principal who has worked at of two of the … | David Starr | 232 | 2016 | View |
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From From Many PlacesFrom: From Bombs to Books |
An introduction to Edmonds Community School’s and Byrne Creek School’s history and experience in multicultural education. In these schools six out of ten students are learning English. | David Starr | 8 | 2016 | $0.80 Add |
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From I Would Go Back if I CouldFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of a Iranian woman who converted to Christianity and was disowned by her Muslim family, she became an illegal refugee in Turkey with a constant fear of deportation before … | David Starr | 12 | 2016 | $1.20 Add |
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From In Breath, You ListenFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Details the experience that staff have had in reaching refugee students at two schools in BC. Staff included in this chapter are a dance teacher, a settlement worker, a youth services worker, an … | David Starr | 15 | 2016 | $1.50 Add |
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From It Began With a StoryFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of teachers and a principal working with a seventeen-year-old refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo who would not follow instructions. Once his personal history … | David Starr | 7 | 2016 | $0.70 Add |
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From Keeping Hope AliveFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the story of how a man from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who was a teacher and activist which made him a target of the army. Details his struggles to claim asylum and finally … | David Starr | 18 | 2016 | $1.80 Add |
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From She Was So Beautiful My Heart MovedFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of an Afghan man forced into army service to graduate from school who marries a half-Russian, half-Uzbek woman and their escape the violence of the area to come to … | David Starr | 18 | 2016 | $1.80 Add |
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From Sisters in StruggleFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes as context the recent history of the Sudan, and recounts one family’s experience living through the 1983-84 violence in the country, their journey to refugee camps in Ethiopia and … | David Starr | 17 | 2016 | $1.70 Add |
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From The Last Song of Akol CholFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Details the life of a young boy from the Sudan who suffered a traumatic brain injury during the war. When his family came to Canada in order to get him the services he needed they placed him in … | David Starr | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |
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From The Legacy of ViolenceFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Discusses how teachers and others can support students who have lived through extreme violence and what programs have worked in two schools with high refugee populations. | David Starr | 8 | 2016 | $0.80 Add |
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From These Things Happen in AfricaFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the life of a man from Somalia who lost his leg delivering supplies to a UN refugee camp and then became a refugee in Uganda before being approved to come to Canada with his family. | David Starr | 9 | 2016 | $0.90 Add |
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From They Cannot Hide From the World What They DidFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of an Indonesian family who were hunted by security forces in Aech and split apart before illegally journeying to Malaysia and becoming refugee claimants. | David Starr | 15 | 2016 | $1.50 Add |
