A Story Like the Wind

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The hardback has a gorgeous cover design with silver lettering to the title, and there are beautiful colour tones to the illustrations throughout the book.

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These people may not see each other again, but Rami and his violin influenced their lives in a positive way. We meet a small group of refugees on a little boat, with very little of anything, but they still have some hope. Yet at the same time, these faults 'worked' in the book's favor, lent it a naive charm of a land seen through the eyes of a young boy suddenly required to mature much too fast. Dark shades of night, war and escape are the only colors used in this book and introduce a thirteen-year-old boy, Rami, who has escaped conflict and loss. Nor and Mustafa remember when they met and the miracle birth of Bashar, their 6-year-old son, who is with them on the boat.In diesem Buch sind zwei Geschichten miteinander verworben – die Hauptstory um die Menschen, die in diesem Boot zusammenkommen mit all ihren Erlebnissen, die sie nach und nach schildern, und die Geschichte, die Rami beim Klang der Musik seiner Geige erzählt.

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The lyrical language of the story transported me to the tastes, smells and sounds of the streets of Syria and the Mongolian desert, as a small band of refugees floating in a dinghy at sea at night remember their homes that are no longer, and a small boy recounts and sings a tale to keep the darkness at bay. Mohammad thinks of his wife, who is no longer with him; Youssef and Hassan remember their carefree childhoods, before the soldiers came. His mother and Nonnie’s father are murdered, all his friends on the farm are killed; only he, and Nonnie, and Hintza survive, because Xhabbo has come to warn them in time that the mercenaries are moving in with intent to kill.However, the themes of the book confirm it is intended for a UKS2 audience: every character is the victim of material and emotional loss, and if the horse's story is analogous of the refugees' future, like it they will only find true freedom in death when they are no longer bound by the cruelties of other humans in this life. Gill Lewis has written a beautiful, very moving, well-crafted story, and Jo Weaver has illustrated it superbly. Young Fern Arable pleads for the life of runt piglet Wilbur and gets her father to sell him to a neighbor, Mr. I am reading this again, having received it as a b'day gift -- so far, I am finding it to be better than the first time I read it. They fill with light and dark, playing against one another and revealing images built from luminescence, music, and wind.

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Helmut Halm, Lehrer an einem renommierten Stuttgarter Gymnasium, und seine Frau Sabine verbringen, wie seit Jahren schon, ihre Ferien am Bodensee. When a poison tide flowing across the ocean threatens their island, Roz works with the resident creatures to ensure that they will have clean water, but the destruction of vegetation and crowding of habitats jeopardize everyone’s survival. The gift of hope that the boy gives through his love of music and his instrument reveals agency of spirit that extends to others. It's about the way that the indigenous people of Africa lived in harmony with the natural world around them, believing and respecting that all life is interconnected and the very different values held within European culture.The act of sleep is nothing if not an act of trust and are-commitment of one’s daytime self to the unfathomable depth of the urges that have raised life from clay.