TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kazerooni, Abbas.
TI  - On two feet and wings: based on one boy's amazing true story of survival 
SN  - 9781743311059
U1  - 955.05 KAZ 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Crows Nest, N.S.W.
PB  - Allen & Unwin
KW  - Kazerooni, Abbas.
KW  - Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988
KW  - Personal narratives, Iranian
KW  - Refugee children
KW  - Iran
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Iranians
KW  - Foreign countries
KW  - History
KW  - 1979-1997
N2  - 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
ER  -