Abbas Kazerooni

When ten-year-old Abbas arrives in England to start a new life—having just fled conscription into the Iranian army and survived almost three months alone in Istanbul, Turkey, waiting for a visa—little does he know that his troubles have only just begun. Abbas's cousin packs him off to boarding school, and infrequent phone calls are his only contact with his beloved...

"I was not aware that I was crying until I saw the tears hit my shoes. Even with all the lights at the airport, the night outside looked dark and the air seemed thick. I wiped my eyes and tried to figure out what I could do. I was alone in a foreign land at the age of nine, and...