Melissa Fleming

Emotionally riveting and eye-opening, A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea is the incredible story of a young woman, an international crisis, and the triumph of the human spirit. Melissa Fleming shares the harrowing journey of Doaa Al Zamel, a young Syrian refugee in search of a better life. Doaa and her family leave war-torn Syria for Egypt where the climate is becoming politically unstable and increasingly dangerous. She meets and falls in love with Bassem, a former Free Syrian Army fighter and together they decide to leave behind the hardship and harassment they face in Egypt to flee for Europe, joining the ranks of the thousands of refugees who make the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean on overcrowded and run-down ships to seek asylum overseas and begin a new life. After four days at sea, their boat is sunk by another boat filled with angry men shouting threats and insults. With no land in sight and surrounded by bloated, floating corpses, Doaa is adrift with a child’s inflatable water ring around her waist, while two little girls cling to her neck. Doaa must stay alive for them. She must not lose strength. She must not lose hope.

One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea

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The extraordinary true story of one teen refugee’s quest to find a new life—now adapted for young readers A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea tells the story of Doaa Al-Zamel, a Syrian girl whose life was upended in 2011 by her country’s brutal civil war. She and her family escape to Egypt, but life soon quickly becomes dangerous for Syrians in that country. Doaa and her fiancé decide to flee to Europe to seek safety and an education, but four days after setting sail on a smuggler’s dilapidated fishing vessel along with five hundred other refugees, their boat is struck and begins to sink... Doaa’s eye-opening story, as told by Melissa Fleming, represents the millions of unheard voices of refugees who risk everything in a desperate search for a safe future.

One Teen Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea (Young Readers' Edition)

povestea unei refugiate siriene care a supravieţuit terorii

O speranţă mai puternică decât marea

A impressionante história de uma jovem, uma crise internacional e o triunfo do espírito humano. À deriva no mar gelado, sem terra à vista — apenas destroços do naufrágio da embarcação e cadáveres flutuando a sua volta —, a jovem de 19 anos Doaa Al Zamel flutua com uma pequena boia inflável na cintura e segura duas crianças pequenas junto ao corpo. As crianças foram confiadas aos braços de Doaa pelos parentes que se afogavam, todos refugiados a bordo de um barco perigosamente superlotado com destino à Suécia e a uma nova vida. Durante dias, Doaa flutua, reza e canta para as crianças. Deve continuar viva por elas. Não deve perder a esperança. Doaa Al Zamel era uma menina síria comum, criada em uma casa de uma cidade movimentada perto da fronteira com a Jordânia. Em 2011, porém, sua vida sofreu uma reviravolta quando os sírios começaram a se levantar contra seu próprio regime opressor. Sua família decidiu partir da Síria para o Egito, onde esperava ficar em paz até poder retornar ao país natal. Meses depois de sua chegada, o governo egípcio foi derrubado e o ambiente se tornou hostil para os refugiados. Em meio a este caos, Doaa se apaixona por um jovem que lhe propõe casamento e a convence a fugir para a promessa de segurança e um futuro melhor na Europa. Depois de quatro dias de tensão no mar num pesqueiro dilapidado com outros quinhentos refugiados, outro barco, cheio de homens furiosos, gritando insultos, abalroa o pesqueiro, afundando-o e deixando que os passageiros se afogassem. É nesse ponto que realmente começa a luta pela sobrevivência de Doaa. Melissa Fleming lança uma luz sobre a crise humanitária mais urgente de nossa época e traça um retrato inesquecível do triunfo do espírito humano.

A jornada de Doaa Al Zamel

Uma esperança mais forte que o mar

"Urgently required reading." —People "Deeply affecting... Fleming brings a moral urgency to the narrative." —The New Yorker "Fleming deftly illustrates the pain of those who choose to leave Syria...and her book is ultimately a story of hope." —Newsweek Adrift in a frigid sea, no land in sight, just debris from the ship's wreckage and floating corpses all around, nineteen-year-old Doaa Al Zamel stays afloat on a small inflatable ring and clutches two little girls—barely toddlers—to her body. The children had been thrust into Doaa's arms by their drowning relatives, all refugees who boarded a dangerously overcrowded ship bound for Italy and a new life. For days as Doaa drifts, she prays for rescue and sings to the babies in her arms. She must stay alive for them. She must not lose hope. A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea chronicles the life of Doaa, a Syrian girl whose life was upended in 2011 by the onset of her country's brutal civil war. Doaa and her fiance, Bassem, decide to flee to Europe to seek safety and an education, but four days after setting sail on a smuggler's dilapidated fishing vessel along with five hundred other refugees, their boat is struck and begins to sink. This is the moment when Doaa's struggle for survival really begins. This emotionally charged, eye-opening true story that represents the millions of unheard voices of refugees who risk everything in a desperate search for the promise of a safe future. In the midst of the most pressing international humanitarian crisis of our time, Melissa Fleming paints a vivid, unforgettable portrait of the triiumph of the human spirit.

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