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“With his picture book [Greder] achieves a double parable: on the one hand about the exclusion of a foreigner, on the other about what society inflicts upon itself if when allows to be ruled by its fears.”

—Katholischer Jugenbdbuchpreis, 2003 Germany

The Island

Written by Armin Greder
Illustrated by Armin Greder
Published by Allen & Unwin

Poignant and chilling, this allegory is an astonishing, powerful, and timely story about refugees, xenophobia, racism, multiculturalism, social politics, and human rights. When the people of an island find a man sitting on their shore, they immediately reject him because he is different. Fearful to the point of delusional paranoia, the islanders lock him in a goat pen, refuse him work, and feed him scraps they would normally feed a pig. As their fears progress into hatred, they force him into the sea. The charcoal illustrations complement the sparse and beautifully understated narrative.

Primary ISBN: 9781741752663
Publication Date: April 2008
Available As: Hardcover
Picture Book , Age 07 or older

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Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Immigrant

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