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Escape From Tibet : A True Story

2014

Eleven-year-old Tenzin hasn't seen his older brother, Pasang, in five years, so he is thrilled when Pasang unexpectedly returns to their Tibetan village late one night. Now eighteen, Pasang is an educated monk whose return from India provokes the suspicious and ever-watchful eyes of the Chinese authorities. Unbeknownst to Tenzin, Pasang has conspired with their mother to leave again--taking his younger brother with him this time, in search of a better life. At first Tenzin is thrilled to embark on such an adventure, but crushing homesickness soon sets in as the brothers eke out a meager existence begging in the unfamiliar streets of Lhasa, often narrowly dodging the police. They finally scrape together enough money to begin the most harrowing part of their journey: the physically excruciating, dangerous, and illegal trek to a new country on the other side of the Himalayan mountains, where they can be granted refugee status and begin to rebuild their lives. Along the way they suffer abuse at the hands of border police, meet fellow Tibetans from whom they draw strength, and have a chance encounter with a film crew that will change their lives.--From publisher description.
biography history tibetans great britain juvenile literature children’s 1951- tibet autonomous region (china) teenage: general non-fiction

Authors

Nick Gray, Laura Scandiffio, Dalai Lama

Control Number Identifier
CaOOCEL
Date published
2014.
Description conventions
rda
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
j951/.5050922
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
23
Distributor
Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
General Note
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
Geographic Area Code
a-cc-ti
ISBN
9781554516650 9781554516629
LCCN
DS786
LCCN Item number
G67 2014eb
Modifying agency
CaBNVSL
Original cataloging agency
CaOONL
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (154 pages)
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario
Publisher or Distributor Number
CaOOCEL
Rights
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
System Control Number
(CaBNVSL)slc00235243 (OCoLC)898085990 (CaOOCEL)448848
System Details Note
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Transcribing agency
CaOONL

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