A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea (Young Readers' Edition): The Journey of Doaa Al Zamel: One Teen Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

The extraordinary true story of one teen refugee’s quest to find a new life—now adapted for young readersA Hope More Powerful Than the Sea tells the story of Doaa Al-Zamel, a Syrian girl whose life was upended in 2011 by her country’s brutal civil war.

She and her family escape to Egypt, but life soon quickly becomes dangerous for Syrians in that country.

Doaa and her fiancé decide to flee to Europe to seek safety and an education, but four days after setting sail on a smuggler’s dilapidated fishing vessel along with five hundred other refugees, their boat is struck and begins to sink...Doaa’ s eye- opening story, as told by Melissa Fleming, represents the millions of unheard voices of refugees who risk everything in a desperate search for a safe future.

Read more Review "[Doaa’s] inspiring story is urgently required reading." —People “Some books should be required reading.

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea is one of those books.

Not simply because the tale of a Syrian refugee is so timely, or the topic so important.

But because of its lessons about persistence, selflessness, and hope, which are the heartbeat of this true story.”—Christian Science Monitor “Written by an official in the U.N.’s refugee agency, this deeply affecting book recounts the story of a young Syrian, Doaa al Zamel...

Fleming brings a moral urgency to the narrative.

Doaa is now safe in Sweden, but Fleming pointedly asks, ‘Why is there no massive resettlement program for Syrians—the victims of the worst war of our times?’” —The New Yorker “Fleming deftly illustrates the pain of those who choose to leave Syria… [She] recounts their narrative with compassion and without melodrama, and her book is ultimately a story of hope… The message is to try to humaniz