A young refugee crosses continents in this timely, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting novel of survival, now in paperback. Shif has a happy life, unfamiliar with the horrors of his country's regime. But the day that soldiers arrive at his door, Shif knows that he will never be safe again--his only choice is to run. Facing both unthinkable cruelty and boundless kindness, Shif bravely makes his way towards a future he can barely imagine.