Swan Dive

by Brenda Hasiuk

Book Overview

Refugees from the Bosnian War, Lazar's family flees the Siege of Sarajevo and arrives in Winnipeg in the early 1990s. Despite various mini dramas unfolding at home, as his parents and older sisters navigate a new language, the bitter cold and a strange city and country, Lazar manages to find a place for himself at school, largely by making friends with Elle, a sassy, outspoken girl who divides her time between living with her hoarder mother (who...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773061461
• ISBN13: 9781773061467
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher