Bibliograph

Butterfly, from refugee to Olympian, my story of rescue, hope, and triumph, Yusra Mardini, with Josie LeBlond

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Butterfly, from refugee to Olympian, my story of rescue, hope, and triumph, Yusra Mardini, with Josie LeBlond

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Butterfly

Oclc number

1001333520

Responsibility statement

Yusra Mardini, with Josie LeBlond

Sub title

from refugee to Olympian, my story of rescue, hope, and triumph

Summary

Yusra Mardini fled her native Syria to the Turkish coast in 2015 and boarded a small dinghy full of refugees bound for Greece. When the small and overcrowded boat's engine cut out, it began to sink. Yusra, her sister and two others took to the water, pushing the boat for three and a half hours in open water until they eventually landed on Lesbos, saving the lives of the passengers aboard. Butterfly is the story of that remarkable woman, whose journey started in a war-torn suburb of Damascus and took her through Europe to Berlin and from there to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

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