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The boat people / Sharon Bala.

By: Publisher: [Toronto] : McClelland & Stewart, [2018]Copyright date: �2018Description: 401 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0771024290 (pbk.)
  • 9780771024290 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • FIC
Summary: When the rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and 500 fellow refugees from Sri Lanka's bloody civil war reaches the shores of British Columbia, the young father believes the struggles that he and his six-year-old son have long faced are finally over. But their journey has only just begun. The group is thrown into prison, with government officials and news headlines speculating that among "the boat people" are members of a terrorist militia infamous for suicide attacks.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Fiction (pbk) Flesherton Branch Shelves FIC Bala (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 32241001109794
Fiction (pbk) Kimberley Branch Shelves FIC Bala (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 36990002013332

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When the rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and 500 fellow refugees from Sri Lanka's bloody civil war reaches the shores of British Columbia, the young father believes the struggles that he and his six-year-old son have long faced are finally over. But their journey has only just begun. The group is thrown into prison, with government officials and news headlines speculating that among "the boat people" are members of a terrorist militia infamous for suicide attacks.

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