Gervelie was only a toddler when her life was shattered by civil war in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. She and her grandmother fled, while her father searched for her mother. During the next six years, Gervelie shuttled from city to city, parent to parent to grandmother, then country to country until she and her father arrived in England. She witnessed brutality and mur der and lost relatives and friends to the violence. She is now a young teen living in England, but she is conflicted about her “home.” Allan’s watercolor illustrations soften the potentially disturbing journey while photographs provide authenticity. 2009 USBBY Outstanding International Books List. lmp

Gervelie was born in the Republic of the Congo in 1995. This is the true story of her flight from her home in Africa to seek refuge in the United Kingdom and is told in her words. It is the honest and heartrending story of a family torn apart by war and their courageous decision to seek a life of peace in the West. Other titles in the series: Hamzat's Journey, Mohammed's Journey, Meltem's Journey This is the first book in an accalaimed series highlighting the true stories of refugee children. Chosen as a Scholastic Book of the Year and as an Outstanding International Book by USBBY.

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