To The Other Side

(Hardback)

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A powerful and timely story, exploring the journey of two young refugee children in search of safety. Perfect for opening up conversations about conflict and war, encouraging empathy and understanding.

A young boy and his older sister have left home to play a game. To win, she tells him, they must travel across endless lands together and make it to the finish line.

Children they meet along the way imagine what might be waiting for them across the border: A spotted dog Ice cream! Or maybe a new school. But the journey is difficult, and the monsters are more real than they imagined.

And when it no longer feels like a game, the two children must still find a way to forge ahead, and reach the other side.

Beautifully brought to life by author-illustrator Erika Meza, this is a symbolic and emotionally rich picture book about the spirit and strength it takes to leave your home behind.

Reviews

This perceptive and exquisitely illustrated picture book will leave its readers questioning the complex reality of child migration -- Flavia Z. Drago, author of Gustavo, the Shy Ghost
A gorgeously rendered, heartbreaking look at one family's. migration experience * Kirkus Reviews *
Powerful . . . a realistic but hopeful look at two children's emigration * Publishers Weekly *
There are many books about identity and belonging, but none have impacted me as much as Erika Mexa's To The Other Side. This is a powerful and moving story. -- Yamile Saied Mndez, award-winning author of Where Are You From

Author Bio

Erika was born in Mexico and developed a taste for eclairs in Paris before moving to the UK to teach drawing. She won a scholarship to study in L'Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs, where she learned to combine bold colour and mark-making with poetry. When Erika isn't drawing you'll find her plotting ways to teach her cat to play the piano.