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Ayesha is Lebanese; she lives in the capital, Beirut. She lives in a bullet-ridden apartment with no running water and lots of other refuge neighbors. The “Green Line” divides the city because Lebanon is the middle of a terrible civil war. Ayesha’s Grandmother takes care of her and her two younger brothers.
Sarah Ida was being exiled to her Aunt Claudia’s house for the summer. She had been making some bad choice. She was hanging out with bad friends, so her parents decided she needed a change of scenery.
Once plastic bags were novel and exciting. Now they have turned dangerous. When a bag breaks, it is thrown beside the road or on a garage heap. The bag becomes a home for growing mosquitoes or food for an unsuspecting goat.
This is the account of Leon Leyson, the youngest boy that was able to make it onto Schindler’s list. He and his family were forced to live in the ghettos of Krakow which was the appointed capital of the former country, Poland.
