On two feet and wings :
Kazerooni, Abbas.
On two feet and wings : based on one boy's amazing true story of survival / Abbas Kazerooni. - Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2012. - 253 pages ; 20 cm.
Close to his tenth birthday, Abbas has to leave his parents and friends to escape Tehran. The Iran-Iraq War is at its bloodiest. The ayatollahs, the rulers of Iran, have reduced the age of recruitment into the army. If Abbas doesn't leave soon, he will have to go to war. In this strange and often frightening city of Istanbul, Abbas has to grow up fast. Living alone for twelve weeks in a rundown hotel, he has to learn to live by his wits, and watch his back. Will he ever get his dream visa to England.
9781743311059
Kazerooni, Abbas.
Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988--Personal narratives, Iranian.
Refugee children--Iran--Fiction.
Iranians--Foreign countries--Fiction.
Iran--History--1979-1997--Fiction.
955.05 KAZ
On two feet and wings : based on one boy's amazing true story of survival / Abbas Kazerooni. - Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2012. - 253 pages ; 20 cm.
Close to his tenth birthday, Abbas has to leave his parents and friends to escape Tehran. The Iran-Iraq War is at its bloodiest. The ayatollahs, the rulers of Iran, have reduced the age of recruitment into the army. If Abbas doesn't leave soon, he will have to go to war. In this strange and often frightening city of Istanbul, Abbas has to grow up fast. Living alone for twelve weeks in a rundown hotel, he has to learn to live by his wits, and watch his back. Will he ever get his dream visa to England.
9781743311059
Kazerooni, Abbas.
Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988--Personal narratives, Iranian.
Refugee children--Iran--Fiction.
Iranians--Foreign countries--Fiction.
Iran--History--1979-1997--Fiction.
955.05 KAZ