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First Published:
Aug 2010, 224 pages
Paperback:
Sep 2011, 208 pages
Book Reviewed by:
Tamara Ellis Smith
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He let the smuggler go. There was no point running
after him. Abdul had dealt with men like that in Iraq and
all across Europe. They had no honor, and they could
always find another customer.
His head was still buzzing, but he got to his feet anyway
to escape the pile of dog dirt he’d nearly landed in.
Everywhere in Calais, there was dog dirt. He used to wonder
what was wrong with the French that they couldn’t
clean up after their dogs. Now he was beyond wondering.
Now he just tried to watch where he stepped.
Excerpted from No Safe Place by Deborah Ellis. Copyright © 2010 by Deborah Ellis. Excerpted by permission of Groundwood Books. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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