Ali and his fiancée Zeynep dream about leaving their home in Anatolia and building a new life together in Canada. But their homeland is controlled by the Turkish government, which is on the brink of war with Britain and Russia. And although Ali finds passage to Canada to work, he is forced to leave Zeynep behind until he can earn enough to bring her out to join him. When the First World War breaks out and Canada joins Britain, Ali is declared an enemy alien.
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- ISBN: 9781927485651
- Author: Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk
- Published: 2015 , Pajama Press
- Themes: Dreams, Enemy, future life, new beginning, War
- Descriptors: Armenia, Europe, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)
- No. of pages: 288