{"product_id":"6-000-miles-to-freedom-two-boys-and-their-flight-from-the-taliban-hardcover","title":"6,000 Miles to Freedom: Two Boys and Their Flight from the Taliban - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStéphane Marchetti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHannah Chute\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCyrille Pomès\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo boys. One war-torn country. A world away, freedom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwelve-year-old Adel and his cousin Shafi try to lead a normal childhood in war-torn Afghanistan. But when Adel's father dies, everything changes. His uncle, a religious fundamentalist, sends Adel to study at a madrasa run by militants, where he is trained as an insurgent and chosen to carry out a suicide bombing. When his moment of martyrdom arrives, Adel's detonator fails, and he is forced to flee the country or risk being killed by the Afghan police or the Taliban themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether, Adel and Shafi set out to seek refuge in England, where Shafi's brother now lives and where a new life awaits. With that hope, the two boys begin the perilous journey of 6,000 miles to freedom, crossing mountains on foot and squeezing into crowded trucks with other refugees. The two become separated only to find each other again in the Calais Jungle encampment, their last, hellish stop. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on numerous testimonies from refugee youth, this poignant, timely, and well-documented story brings to life the traumatic experiences faced by Afghani children fleeing war and poverty, as well as the isolation they often feel as refugees in the West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eStéphane Marchetti\u003c\/strong\u003e is an author, director, and producer of documentaries. His film \u003ci\u003eRafah, chroniques d'une ville dans la bande de Gaza\u003c\/i\u003e won the Albert Londres Prize in 2008. \u003ci\u003e6,000 Miles to Freedom \u003c\/i\u003eis based on testimony collected in his 2017 documentary, \u003ci\u003eLes enfants de la jungle\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCyrille Pomès\u003c\/strong\u003e published his first comic book, \u003ci\u003eÀ la lettre près\u003c\/i\u003e, in 2005. Since then, he has collaborated with historian Jean-Pierre Filiu on \u003ci\u003eLe printemps de Arabes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLe dame de Damas\u003c\/i\u003e and with Isabelle Merlet on the prize-winning\u003ci\u003e Le fils de l'Ursari, \u003c\/i\u003ebased on the novel by Xavier-Laurent Petit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 11.72 x 7.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44768307904598,"sku":"9781637790212","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0720\/7433\/0198\/files\/VUduUnJtTjhWT2lsQ2dlcndWZnZuUT09.webp?v=1779368116","url":"https:\/\/duanes-world-2.myshopify.com\/products\/6-000-miles-to-freedom-two-boys-and-their-flight-from-the-taliban-hardcover","provider":"Duane's World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}