01781cam a2200301 4500 759271430 TxAuBib 20171023120000.0 171009s2017||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9781432844431 lg. print : alk. paper 1432844431 lg. print : alk. paper KyBuM KyBuM TxGR TxAuBib Al Abed, Bana. Dear world [Large Type Book] : a Syrian girl's story of war and plea for peace / Bana Alabed. Large print ed. Farmington Hills, Mich : Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Co., 2017. 215 p. (large print) : ill. ; 23 cm. Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction "When seven-year-old Bana Alabed took to Twitter to describe the horrors of war-torn Syria, her heartrending messages touched the world. Bana's happy childhood was abruptly upended by civil war when she was three years old. Over the next four years, she knew nothing but bombing, destruction, and fear. Her ordeal culminated in a brutal siege in Aleppo. Facing death as bombs relentlessly fell around them, Bana and her family embarked on a perilous escape to Turkey. Dear World offers a uniquely intimate, child's perspective on one of the biggest humanitarian crises in history"--Back cover. 20171023. Al Abed, Bana. Girls Syria Biography. Refugee children Syria Biography. Syria History Civil War, 2011- Syria Social life and customs 21st century. Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction. RV8