On two feet and wings : based on one boy's amazing true story of survival / Abbas Kazerooni.

By:

Kazerooni, Abbas

Publication details: Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2012.Description: 253 pages ; 20 cmISBN:

9781743311059

Uniform titles:

The little man

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

955.05 KAZ

Summary: 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.

List(s) this item appears in: Cultural stories

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Junior Fiction	Bayview Library	F Kaz (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		I1413316383
Fiction	Dee Why Library	F KAZ (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		R81528LSLGS

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.

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