Silver Birch Express shortlist 2007 Canadian Children's Book Centre
Our Choice, 2007 Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for
Children shortlist, 2007 Golden Oak nominee, 2008 Embark on this
gripping adventure! Aram is like all the boys exiled in Greece. He
has survived the Armenian genocide in Turkey and now lives in an
orphanage. He can never return home. One day Aram learns that he will
be one of fifty boys who will start a new life in a country called
Canada. What does he know of this distant land? There is snow, lots
to eat, and no war. But most important of all, Aram has heard that
the trees are covered in gold. All he will have to do is pluck the
gold off the branches and he will have enough money to bring his
grandmother out to join him. But first he must get there. Aram is
about to embark on a long adventure. Will he find a land of endless
riches, or a place he can finally call home? A great adventure story
for boys Illustrations are historically accurate Third title in the
New Beginnings series (see below)
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