AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Armin Greder
PUBLISHER: Allen and Unwin
PUBLICATION
DATE: April 1, 2008
GENRE: Informational
READING
LEVEL: 2nd grade - 5th grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: People of an
island find a man sitting on their shore and immediately reject him because he
is different. They lock him in
a goat pen, refuse him work, and feed him scraps they would normally feed a pig. It is a story about refugees,
xenophobia, racism, multiculturalism, social politics, and human rights.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students
will rewrite the story and tell what they would do if they found a homeless man
on an island.
REVIEWER’S NAME AFFILIATION: Kandyce Mahone - Valdosta State University
