GIVE ME SHELTER

stories about children who seek asylum

(edited by Tony Bradman)

Francis Lincoln 2007

Shortlisted for the UKLA award 2008.

 

 

‘Samir Hakkim’s Healthy Eating Diary’ by Miriam Halahmy

 

How do you explain life in Baghdad to your classmates in an English primary school? It is 2002 and Samir’s family have all been arrested by Saddam Hussein, so his uncle has smuggled him out of Iraq to save his life. All alone in England with no friends or family, ten year old Samir writes a diary to try and understand his new life.