The book features extended interviews with six children/young adults who are refugees or asylum seekers. They come from various countries including Kosovo, Somalia, Afghanistan and Romania. The interviews are carefully constructed to cover both the emotional as well as the practical consequences. The aim is not to be sensational but sympathetic and informative. Extended endmatter provides advice, contact numbers and addresses. The text itself is in a question and answer format, recording as literally as possible the answers of the person being interviewed. Talking points and black and white photographs are also included.

 

This is volume 3 in It Happened To Me .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Hachette Children's Group .

Angela Neustatter is a journalist and writer who has written extensively for and about young people.