{"id":10021,"date":"2018-11-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10021"},"modified":"2018-11-27T09:16:25","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T15:16:25","slug":"can-she-escape-from-aleppo-in-time-by-n-h-senzai-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10021","title":{"rendered":"Can she Escape From Aleppo in time? by N. H. Senzai (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10022\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=10022\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/escape-from-aleppo.jpg?fit=1400%2C2113&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,2113\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"escape-from-aleppo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/escape-from-aleppo.jpg?fit=678%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/escape-from-aleppo.jpg?resize=199%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"book cover of Escape from Aleppo, by N.H. Senzai. Published by Simon Schuster BFYR | recommended on BooksYALove.com\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/escape-from-aleppo.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/escape-from-aleppo.jpg?resize=678%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/escape-from-aleppo.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>The bombing gets closer,<br \/>\nit&#8217;s time to leave, to run from danger!<br \/>\nShe didn&#8217;t imagine that she&#8217;d have to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2017\/01\/04\/banas-mother-recounts-syrian-girls-dangerous-escape-aleppo\/\" target=\"_blank\">flee to Turkey<\/a> by herself&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Five years after the events in Nadia&#8217;s dangerous story, there are still daily bombings in Syrian cities and towns, as government and rebel forces continue to fight, killing so many families and children every day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Escape-from-Aleppo\/N-H-Senzai\/9781481472173\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read chapter one here<\/a> (free, courtesy of the publisher) as Nadia&#8217;s family must flee their home, then go find this too-true fiction book at your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/libraries\" target=\"_blank\">local library<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/indie-store-finder\" target=\"_blank\">independent bookstore<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When your family&#8217;s safety is at stake, what are you prepared to do?<br \/>\n**kmm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>:\u00a0Escape From Aleppo \/ N. H. Senzai. Paula Wiseman Books\/ Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhsenzai.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Escape-from-Aleppo\/N-H-Senzai\/9781481472173\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My book talk<\/strong>: Fleeing the bombs targeting her Aleppo neighborhood, 14-year-old Nadia is separated from her family and must use all her courage and cleverness to get to the Syria-Turkey border.<\/p>\n<p>For three years of the Arab Spring, rebellions against corrupt governments have destroyed homes, businesses, and lives  &#8211; in late 2013, it&#8217;s time to use their escape plan, but Nadia gets trapped on her route.<\/p>\n<p>Nadia and her cat sneak through the shadows toward the planned rendezvous site, meeting a friendly grandfather with a donkey cart and two orphan boys &#8211; perhaps they will be safer together.<\/p>\n<p>Rebels and soldiers fight street by street to control the city &#8211; how can Nadia and her companions get to the border?<\/p>\n<p>Ammo Mazen knows just the right things to say to get both rebels and soldiers to let them pass &#8211; why does the old man collect books as they flee the city?<\/p>\n<p>Based on true events, Nadia&#8217;s story of facing hunger and danger as Syrian government forces bomb rebels and their own citizens is repeating daily as the conflict continues today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bombing gets closer, it&#8217;s time to leave, to run from danger! 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