The Boat People by Sharon Bala Backpacks Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf

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won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Canada and the Caribbean) and was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award

The Boat People by Sharon Bala Backpacks Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) LeafBy the winner of The Journey Prize, and inspired by a real incident, The Boat People is a gripping and morally complex novel about a group of refugees who survive a perilous ocean voyage to reach Canada only to face the threat of deportation and accusations of terrorism in their new land. When the rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees reaches the shores of British Columbia, the young father is overcome with relief: he and