9,603 Kilometers: Two Children on the Run
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9,603 Kilometers: Two Children on the Run
Merchfox Comic Shop
Wiener Straße 20
4481 Asten
Austria
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9,603 kilometers. That is the distance 12-year-old Adil and his 14-year-old cousin Shafi will have to travel to get from Afghanistan to England.
Despite the attacks that all too often disrupt the lives of the residents, the two try to enjoy a relatively happy childhood in Khost, a province in southeastern Afghanistan—until the day Adil’s father dies of heart failure. The resulting chain of events will drastically change both of their lives. Adil must decide whether to escape a life that has been forced upon him or to face death in the service of a form of fundamentalism he does not share.
He and his cousin leave their homeland behind, and Daoud soon joins them. It’s a tough journey for the three of them: smugglers, transit camps, and a knot of fear in their stomachs as their constant companion. But it’s also a journey marked by friendship, solidarity, and unshakable optimism.
Through the words of Stéphane Marchetti—drawn from in-depth research and conversations with children who have endured this odyssey—and the illustrations by Cyrille Pomès, *9603 KILOMETER: TWO CHILDREN ON THE RUN, a poignant portrait of people who, in search of a fresh start, must leave everything they have behind.
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