Call Me Aram
Published on 19. December 2008
Book
Hardback
86 pages
978-1-55455-000-5 (ISBN)
Description
A group of refugee orphans escape the Armenian genocide in Turkey and are sent to a farm in Georgetown, Ontario, where they must adjust to the unfamiliar habits and customs of the Canadian sponsors.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Kindergarten to Preschool, Interest Age: From 5 to 9 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Frontispiece; Illustrations, color; Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 191 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55455-000-5 (9781554550005)
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Persons
Marsha Skrypuch
is the author of many books for children, including Silver Threads, The Best Gifts, Enough, The Hunger and Hope's War. Among the numerous writing awards won her novel about the Armenian genocide, Nobody's Child, was nominated for the Red Maple Award, the Alberta Rocky Mountain Book Award, the B.C. Stellar Award; and it was listed by Resource Links as a Best Book.
Muriel Wood's
illustrations have appeared in a number of children's books, including Old Bird, L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables, and Margaret Laurence's The Olden Day's Coat. She has also illustrated the three previous titles in the New Beginnings series, Scared Sarah, Lizzie's Storm, and Aram's Choice. A former instructor at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, Muriel now draws and paints fulltime. She lives with her husband and two cats in Toronto, Ontario.