The Journey

“What is it like to leave everything behind and travel many miles to somewhere unfamiliar and strange?”—Francesca Sanna.

My heart goes out to all those fleeing war and persecution around the world.

GITTEL’S JOURNEY: AN ELLIS ISLAND STORY, Lesléa Newman / Amy June Bates.
Gittel is suppose to journey to America with her mother but when her mother is prevented from traveling, Gittel must embark on the trip alone.

SEA PRAYER, Khaled Hosseini / Dan Williams. This book was inspired by Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian refugee who drowned at sea while fleeing his war-torn homeland in 2015. All proceeds from the book go to the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and to the Khaled Hosseini Foundation to help fund life-saving relief efforts for refugees around the world.

THE JOURNEY, Francesca Sanna. In 2014, Sanna collected stories about the incredible strength of the people who undertook those journeys. Those stories are combined into a journey of a mother and her two children; one filled fear, and also of great hope.