The Silver Path: Bengali/English --1995 publication.

by Christine Harris, Helen Ong (Illustrator)

Niko and Penny are pen pals on opposite sides of the world, but their lives are separated by more than distance. Penny lives in a peaceful world. Niko lives in a world racked by war. This moving and thought-provoking story conveys Niko's unwavering hope for a better life and is told in simple words and pictures. Full color.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 27, 1994

About the author

Christine Harris is an Australian writer of children's and young-adult with works both in speculative fiction and historical fiction.

Reviews

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Niko describes his home in a hotel as a refugee to his penpal, Penny. The book is bilingual Vietnamese, and English. The soldiers arrested Niko's father and took him to a prison camp because he stood up to them when they stole from the village.

Tags: War -- Refugees -- Parental Separation -- Prison Camp

[Imaduddin Ahmed · Rating 2 out of 5]

The third person tenses in Urdu were incorrect.

[Catherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book shows some of what happens on a war but I don't know which war. There is too much emotional distance in the book.