'[A] potent, brutal read... You won't be able to forget this story of a young boy robbed of his own childhood.' Marie Claire, best YA 2019 I tell myself I've chosen to live, but the water knows the truth. Waves brush my arms, soft as shroud linen. The water knows I have to die. Three years after his older brother is recruited by the Somali militia group Al Shaabab, Abdi and his family are kidnapped by Americans. In exchange for their freedom, he reluctantly agrees to go undercover to rescue his brother and help foil deadly attacks. After months in their ranks, Abdi finally escapes. Haunted and alone on the streets of Kenya, he steals what he can to get by. But an arrest for petty theft sets in motion a chain of events that force him to confront the past he's been so desperately trying to forget.
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Book Details
Title
Let's Go Swimming on Doomsday
Imprint
Rock the Boat
Product Form
Paperback
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Genre
Fiction
ISBN13
9781786079121
Book Category
Social Science Books
BISAC Subject Heading
FIC031000
Book Subcategory
Politics Books
ISBN10
9781786079121
Language
English
Dimensions
Width
26 mm
Height
198 mm
Length
129 mm
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