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Soraya the Storyteller

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Year: 2004
By: Rosanne Hawke
ISBN: ‎ 978-0734407092

Aimed at upper primary students, this story tells of 11 year old Soraya. Soraya is an asylum seeker from Afghanistan living under the shadow of Australia’s former temporary protection visa system.

As she adapts to life in Australia, she is haunted by both her father’s absence and the fear that she may have to return to Afghanistan. To console herself, she begins writing stories.

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