Children’s and Young Adult
This anthology of seven short stories by different authors, brought out by Baobab publishers in collaboration with the Meta association, which is concerned with the integration of young foreigners in the Czech Republic, is linked by the theme of resettlement. The individual stories tell of people on the move, people fleeing and searching, uprooted between a lost past and the future they are still looking for. The collection puts the topical subject of refugeeism into a wider geographical and historical context (with tales reaching from the Second World War to the present, set in Germany, France or Argentina…), thus offering food for thought and acting as a springboard for discussion which will be of use to teachers, among others. It features authors from different generations with diverse life stores, many of whom have personal experience of emigration, namely Olga Černá, Edgar Dutka, Magdalena Platzová, Jan Čumlivski, Markéta Pilátová, Chaim Cigan and Marek Šindelka. This multiplicity of perspectives is one of the reasons why the book will not only appeal to the children and adolescents it is aimed at, but will also offer a rewarding experience to older readers.
