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Cargando... Camel Rider (2004)por Prue Mason
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. It is a rare treat for me to stumble upon a book that speaks to the reality of coming of age as a global nomad, or third culture kid (TCK). Prue Mason’s “Camel Rider” is one of those treats. The story is about a biz kid living in a compound in a fictional oil town somewhere in the Arabian peninsula, and his collaboration with one of his host-nationals (neither of whom speak the other’s language) to survive a harrowing journey through the desert. What to me is particularly refreshing about this book is that – unlike books written about traumatized expatriate kids making their first move to their first foreign post – in this book, life in an expat compound in the Middle East is taken for granted as normal. There is nothing exotic or exciting about it from the perspective of the protagonist, until bombs start flying. That is the way living abroad really feels to a Third Culture Kid. It’s just normal. Layered on top of this TCK sense of normalcy, there is the actual story, as described by the publisher (Charlesbridge): “War has broken out in the Middle East and all foreigners are fleeing. Instead of escaping with his neighbors, Adam sneaks off to save his dog, which has been left behind. Lost in the desert, Adam meets Walid, an abused camel boy who is on the run. Together they struggle to survive the elements and elude the revengeful master from whom Walid has fled. Cultural and language barriers are wide, but with ingenuity and determination the two boys bridge their differences, helping each other to survive and learn what true friendship is.” It is a fun little read, and well worth the effort to track down a copy. Adam finds himself lost in the desert in the Middle East after war breaks out. He teams up with Walid. Together they make their way back to civilization facing a variety of dangers from people and the environment, and the need to make themselves understood to each other despite not speaking the other's language. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Two expatriates living in a Middle Eastern country, twelve-year-old Adam from Australia and Walid from Bangladesh, must rely on one another when war breaks out and they find themselves in the desert, both trying to reach the same city with no water, little food, and no common language. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I gave this book a five star rating because there wasn't anything i didn't ike about it. One thing that I did really like was that the author wrote the book in two perspectives, one from each boy. So then you could see what both boy was thinking and wanting to do. Also how it was easy to tell which boy's perspective it was in because each boy had their own font in the book. I also liked how the boys are completely different yet they both want the same thing. I also liked how the boys met each other and how even though they would argue and have different views on things they still worked together to can safely to where they needed to go. So this is why i gave this book a five star rating. ( )