Keeping Hope Alive

From: From Bombs to Books

$1.80

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 come to Canada where he became a settlement worker for the Burnaby school district in BC.

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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.