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 |
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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 |
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From This is What War Looks Like to WomenFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of a woman born in Liberia in 1982 who escaped the civil war in Liberia by moving to Ivory Coast where war soon broke out as well. She then found her way to a refugee … | David Starr | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |
