Escape From Sarajevo

Asmir #3

by Christobel Mattingley

Companion volume to 'Asimir in Vienna' and 'No Gun for Asimir', which received a high commendation in the Australian Human Rights Awards. This personal account of Asmir's father's struggle to escape from war-torn Sarajevo and rejoin his family has been retold by well-known children's author whose other publications include 'The Picnic Dog' and 'Worm Weather'. She received the Advance Australia Award for service to literature in 1990.

Genres: War, Nonfiction

271 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1996

About the author

Christobel Mattingley has been writing since she was eight years old and had her first pieces published in the children's pages of magazines and newspapers. Her first book, The Picnic Dog, was published in 1970, when she had three young children. While they were growing up she worked as a librarian in schools and in a teachers' college. She has been self-employed as a writer since 1974 and has travelled widely in Australia and overseas, speaking in schools and libraries. Christobel Mattingley has published over 30 books for children. Some of her works have been translated into other languages, have won various awards in Australia and the USA, and have been made into films for ABC Television. For most of the 1980s she worked with Aboriginal people and researched the history Survival in Our Land. In 1990 she received the Advance Australia Award for Service to Literature, and in 1996 she was made a Member of the Order of Australia for service to literature, particularly children's literature, and for community service through her commitment to social and cultural issues. No Gun for Asmir received a High Commendation in the Australian Human Rights Awards of 1994.

Reviews

[Ibrahim · Rating 5 out of 5]

100% worth the read

[Lisa Birch · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked that we had a conclusion to Asmir and Muris's story. Rereading this as an adult was a very different experience to reading it as a teenager, I'm glad I read it through the second time.

Thank you Christobel for all of your beautiful work. You were such a gifted writer. ♥