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Refugees.

We don’t understand the plight of refugees. We don’t understand why they are leaving their countries. We don’t understand why they are coming to our shores.

But we need to. We need to have empathy instead of politicizing their plight. Instead of having reasons for excluding people from our country, we need to understand.

This book is a step in that direction. This was a great story - and parts of the book made me laugh out loud.

I love how the book shows the introduction of someone to our culture - and how they don’t understand.

And how emotions are international and transcend language barriers.

What really struck me - was how this book was first written over 20 years ago, but is so relevant now.

What made me really sad? (Well, besides the fact that we aren’t accepting of refugees�) Was that this little girl came from a place where a war started, and she was constantly afraid people would start shooting where she is now. And she gets reassured that’s not going to happen here. And maybe when it was written in 1995, that seemed unlikely. But now? I don’t know if we can say we don’t have to worry about shooting with the same confidence.

Thanks to NetGalley and Annick Press for a copy in return for an honest review.