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The island

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Poignant and chilling, this allegory is an astonishing, powerful, and timely story about refugees, xenophobia, racism, multiculturalism, social politics, and human rights. When the people of an island find a man sitting on their shore, they immediately reject him because he is different. Fearful to the point of delusional paranoia, the islanders lock him in a goat pen, refuse him work, and feed him scraps they would normally feed a pig. As their fears progress into hatred, they force him into the sea. The charcoal illustrations complement the sparse and beautifully understated narrative.

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Series Title

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Call Number

G

Publisher

Crows Nest, Australia : Allen&Unwin., 2002

Collation

32 pages : illustration ; 31 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781741752663

Classification

NONE

Content Type

text

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Edition

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Subject(s)

Human rights
Refugees
Racism
Picture books for children
Islands
Strangers
Multiculturalism
Xenophobia

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