The Leavers Prix Bédélys Jeunesse (2014) The book also explores the

The book also explores the historical

By turns heart-breaking and suspenseful

Dilmun was a land which stretched beyond the confines of Bahrain

can send a signal to it's alien masters

to keep each other safe from those who don’t understand their quest to live for the impossible

The Leavers Prix Bédélys Jeunesse (2014) The book also explores theLisa Kos powerful debut, The Leavers, is the winner of the 2016 PEN Bellwether Prize for Fiction, awarded by Barbara Kingsolver for a novel that addresses issues of social justice. One morning, Deming Guos mother, Polly, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, goes to her job at a nail salonand never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother gone, eleven year old Deming is left mystified and bereft. Eventually adopted by a pair of well