{"id":2939,"date":"2024-10-05T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/?p=2939"},"modified":"2024-09-04T17:17:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T21:17:26","slug":"refugee-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/?p=2939","title":{"rendered":"Refugee 87"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Ele Fountain<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Refugee87.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Refugee87.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2940\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Year of Publication:\u00a0<\/strong>2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A summary from Goodreads:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A young refugee embarks on a dangerous journey in this timeless and award-winning novel of survival.<br>\u00a0<br>Shif spends his days acing tests in school and playing games with his best friend and next-door neighbor, Bini. Even as the horrors of his country\u2019s regime creep closer, Shif feels happy, safe, and loved in the only home he\u2019s ever known.<br>\u00a0<br>But then soldiers arrive in the dead of night, breaking down doors and tearing Shif and Bini away from their families. Punished for imagined crimes, the boys vow to escape. Facing both unthinkable cruelty and boundless kindness, Shif has no choice but to press on toward a future he can barely imagine.<br>\u00a0<br>Based on real experiences and written in spare, powerful prose, this gripping tale illustrates the realities faced by countless young refugees across the world today. Refugee 87 is a story of friendship, kindness, hardship and\u2014above all\u2014hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Goshen Public Library call number:  <\/strong> JF FOUNTAIN (PBK) (BOOK-J)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ele Fountain Year of Publication:\u00a02018 A summary from Goodreads:&nbsp; A young refugee embarks on a dangerous journey in this timeless and award-winning novel of survival.\u00a0Shif spends his days acing tests in school and playing games with his best friend and next-door neighbor, Bini. Even as the horrors of his country\u2019s regime creep closer, Shif [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2941,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939\/revisions\/2941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}