The Road to Chlifa
Michéle Marineau • Translated by Susan Ouriou
IBBY Young People Honor Book • Governor General's Award Nomination for Translation • Canadian Children's Book Centre Outstanding Book • White Pines Award Nomination
Fiction / Teen Fiction
Ages 12+ • 144 pages • 5 x 8 1/2"
ISBN 0–88995–129–2 paper • CDN 12.95 • USA 9.95

Karim has journeyed a long way from his home in war-torn Beirut to his new high school in Quebec. Now he must travel the difficult road to a life without war. There is contempt and racism here, too. But there is also My–Lan, a new companion in a new and challenging country. It is an adventure behind the headlines and a lesson in life you couldn't learn in the classroom. This hard–hitting novel won, in its original French edition, the Governor General's Award, the Alvine Bélisle Award and the Brive/Montréal Award.

Reviews
"A tour de force . . . the work of an accomplished writer whose work has been brought to a new audience by an equally accomplished translator."
–Globe and Mail

"The climax is truly poignant and the resolution thoughtful."
–Books in Canada

"Deftly portrays the cultural conflicts within the high school classroom. . . . The writing style evokes an immediate response from readers with its expressive language, clarity of word choice, and changing point of view."
–International Reading Association, Newark, Delaware

"A powerful, thought–provoking story that handles discrimination, compromise, uprooting and friendship meaningfully."
–Kliatt