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The Bone Sparrow: a refugee novel by Zana Fraillon

5.0

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The best books exist on many levels: as simple stories, as complex stories, as microcosmic explorations of worlds, as philosophical considerations of the nature of humanity and as daggers that penetrate the readers' hearts with their truths. This is one such book. The story of Subhi, born in an Australian refugee camp and his friend Jimmie, a motherless, grieving, brave interloper in the camp, is a resonant, beautiful and life-affirming tale.