SHINING: THE STORY OF A LUCKY MAN

Book ID/图书代码： 06001015B79258

English Summary/英文概要： A remarkably warm-hearted, uplifting and inspiring story of one boy’s survival against the odds.

Abdi’s world fell apart when he was only fifteen and Somalia’s vicious civil war hit Mogadishu. Unable to find his family and effectively an orphan, he fled with some sixty others,heading to Kenya. On the way, death squads hunted them and they daily faced violence, danger and starvation. After almost four months, they arrived in at refugee camps in Kenya - of the group he’d set out with, only five had survived.

All alone in the world and desperate to find his family, Abdi couldn’t stay in Kenya, so he turned around and undertook the dangerous journey back to Mogadishu. But the search was fruitless, and eventually Abdi made his way - alone, with no money in his pockets - to Romania, then to Germany, completely dependent on the kindess of strangers. He was just seventeen years old when he arrived in Melbourne. He had no English, no family or friends, no money, no home. Yet, against the odds, he not only survived, he thrived. Abdi went on to complete secondary education and later university. He became a youth worker, was acknowledged with the 2007 Victorian Refugee Recognition Award and was featured in the SBS second series of Go Back to Where You Came From.

Despite what he has gone through, Abdi is a most inspiring man, who is constantly thankful for his life and what he has. Everything he has endured and achieved is testament to his quiet strength and courage, his resilience and most of all, his warm-hearted, shining and enduring optimism.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书讲述了一个男孩温暖、励志的故事。

本书的主人公名叫Abdi 。在他15岁的时候，随着索马里内战蔓延到摩加迪沙，他的世界随之崩塌。他无法找到自己的家人，便和其他60多人逃往肯尼亚。逃亡途中，他们每天都经历着生死冒险。4个月后，60多人中，只有5个人成功到达了肯尼亚的一处避难所。

他再次只身返回摩加迪沙寻找自己的家人未果。随后，他仅仅凭借着陌生人善意的帮助，在身无分文的情况下前往罗马尼亚、德国，最后在17岁的时候到达了墨尔本。他不懂英语，没有家人或朋友，没有钱，没有家。但是他克服一切困难生存了下来，并开始发展。他完成了高中、大学的学业，成为了一名年轻的工人，并被授予2007年维多利亚难民奖，并成为了世界上首个真实展现难民经历的电视纪录片《回到你来自的地方》的主人公。

虽然经历了各种磨难和不幸，但Abdi心怀感激。他始终保持乐观的态度，他的勇气、他的坚韧、他闪耀的人生激励并温暖着无数人。（LYR）

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