Ar Strae

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Patricia Forde

Futa Fata 2020

ISBN 9781910945513

Lth/Pgs 53

Tá Nizar i bhfad ó bhaile. B’éigean dó a bhaile sa tSiria a fhágáil nuair

a thosaigh an cogadh. Tá cónaí anois air in óstán in Éirinn, agus níl a fhios aige cén

fhad a bheidh sé ann. Tá an saol an-deacair ar Nizar. Ansin, lá amháin, bualann sé le cara nua, atá imithe ar strae…

Nizar is a boy far from home, the war-torn land of Syria. A refugee, he lives in a converted hotel

As his mother waits for news of permission to stay and news of Nizar’s father,lost in the fog of war.

When Nizar meets a stray neglected dog, he decides to hide it in his room, a decision that adds to the boy’s already uncertain future.