
The day of the pelican
About this book
In 1998 when the Kosovo hostilities escalate, thirteen-year-old Meli's life as an ethnic Albanian, changes forever after her brother escapes his Serbian captors and the entire family flees from one refugee camp to another until they are able to immigrate to America.
Subjects
AlbaniansRefugee campsFictionMuslimsRefugeesKosovo War, 1998-1999HistoryJuvenile fictionHistorical sociologyHomeless personsHungerDiseasesChurch group workChildren's fictionRefugees, fictionMuslims, fictionEurope, fiction