Dream Land by Lily Hyde - first published 2008
Written for young adults, this is a compelling novel about a girl named Safi and her family of Crimean Tatars who have spent decades in exile in Uzbekistan and are finally allowed to return to their homeland. However they are not welcomed by many of the people who now live in the Crimea and the book is about their struggle to rebuild their villages. I had no idea of the existence of the Tatars, their forced exile during World War 2 or their current struggles to re-establish their lives in their homeland. 7/10
18th April 2010
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