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    Displaced
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    Displaced

    Written by Dean Hughes

    Narrated by Amin El Gamal

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    Thirteen-year-old Hadi Saleh and his family are displaced. At least that’s what the Lebanese government calls them
    and the thousands of other Syrian refugees that have flooded into Beirut. But as Hadi tries to earn money to feed his
    family by selling gum on the street corner, he learns that many people who travel the city every day don’t think he
    and his family are displaced—they think they’re in the wrong place, that they don’t belong in this country either. Each
    day he hears insults, but each day he convinces himself they don’t matter, as he approaches the cars again and again
    to earn enough money to keep them in their one room home a little longer. He hardly dares to dream anymore that
    this might change.

    But then Hadi meets Malek, who has been instructed to work on the same corner. Malek, who talks about going to
    school, becoming an engineer, and building a whole life beyond their tiny corner. A life Hadi starts to believe might
    not be as out of reach as he thought. But Malek is new to the streets, and just when Hadi starts to hope, Kamal, the
    man who oversees many of the local street vendors, tells Malek he must work the corner . . . alone. And people who
    don’t follow Kamal’s orders don’t last long.

    Now Hadi is forced to make a choice between engaging in illegal activities or letting his family starve. Can the boys
    find a way out of their impossible situation, or will the dream of something greater than their harsh present remain
    stubbornly out of reach?

    Acclaimed author Dean Hughes delivers a gripping look at the realities faced by those who are forced to flee their
    homes with no place to go.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateSep 8, 2020
    ISBN9781705000304
    Author

    Dean Hughes

    Dean Hughes is the author of more than eighty books for young readers, including the popular sports series Angel Park All-Stars, the Scrappers series, the Nutty series, the widely acclaimed companion novels Family Pose and Team Picture, Search and Destroy, and Four-Four-Two. His novel Soldier Boys was selected for the 2001 New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age list. Dean Hughes and his wife, Kathleen, have three children and nine grandchildren. They live in Midway, Utah.

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