Author(s)	David Starr
Publication Year	2016
Publisher	James Lorimer and Company

ISBN: 9781459411753

Categories: Canada, Conflict & Peace, Diversity Studies, Emigration, Immigration & Migration, Emigration, Immigration & Migration

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From Bombs to Books

Name: From Bombs to Books
SKU: 9781459411753
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The 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 most diverse schools in Canada, David Starr shares the deeply moving stories of his students, their parents and the staff and documents the central role of schools in the process of integrating refugee families into Canadian society.

Contributors

David Starr

David Starr is the principal of Byrne Creek Community School, a grade 8-12 school in Burnaby, B.C. Prior to that he was the principal at Edmonds Community School, an elementary school in the same neighborhood. David is the author of several other fiction books and novels for young readers.

Chapter Title	Contents	Contributors	Pages	Year	Price
Beginnings Preview	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
From Many Places Preview	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
It Began With a Story Preview	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
Sisters in Struggle Preview	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
Freedom Smells Like Sunlight Detergent Preview	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
They Cannot Hide From the World What They Did Preview	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
The Legacy of Violence Preview	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
Three Simple Wishes Preview	Discusses a recent history of a family from the Eritrea province of Ethiopia and the violence they experienced prior to being approved to come to Canada as refugees.	David Starr	12	2016	$1.20
She Was So Beautiful My Heart Moved Preview	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
This is What War Looks Like to Women Preview	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
A Guest of the Government of Iraq Preview	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
I Would Go Back if I Could Preview	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
White Birds and Machine Guns Preview	Describes the experience of a woman from Kabul who’s first memories are of war, first with the Russian and then the Mujahedeen before escaping to a refugee camp in Pakistan. She was …	David Starr	16	2016	$1.60
In Breath, You Listen Preview	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
Keeping Hope Alive Preview	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
These Things Happen in Africa Preview	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
The Last Song of Akol Chol Preview	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
Afterword Preview	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
Where Does Hope Come From? Preview	Ziad Abo Nofel writes a brief account of growing up in Iraq, the American invasion and moving to a refugee camp between Iraq and Syria for six years before finally moving to Canada.	Ziad Abo Nofel	4	2016	$0.40

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