This picture-book brings the reader into the world of a Greek refugee camp populated by children from Iran and Afghanistan living in repurposed shipping containers. The author effectively anthropomorphizes the camp as she writes, “The Waiting Place doesn’t mind. It wants more children and mothers and fathers. It doesn’t want you to visit the nearby lake… to learn your new language, or to work, or build, or learn.”
The Waiting Place invites the reader to investigate refugee crises past and present.
Back matter includes a lengthy afterword by the Iranian American author who is a refugee herself, as well as a helpful glossary.
This is an excellent picture book for older readers and a jumping-off point for conversations and explorations of purgatories, asylum, undocumented persons, migration and, immigration, and may pair well with When Stars are Scattered. Teachers and facilitators may find engagement materials here, including a six page discussion guide from the publisher.--Jessica Fenster-Sparber
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