![]() ![]() The essay concludes by suggesting that fluid definitions of child writing and child agency may be particularly important when it comes to trauma narratives. The essay authors draw on a joint interview they conducted with al Rabeeah and Yeung, who characterized their mode of collaborating as one between the young “storyteller” and adult “writer,” and discussed how they negotiated their roles in light of questions regarding agency, privacy, ethics, and trauma. Abu Bakr, one of eight children, was ten years old when the civil war broke out on the streets. In 2010, the al Rabeeah family left their home in Iraq in hopes of a safer life. Based on the award-winning novel by the same name, Homes: A Refugee Story tells the remarkable true story of the Al Rabeeah family and their harrowing journey. Homes chronicles the experience of al Rabeeah in Syria prior to his emigration with his family to Canada as a young teen. HOMES: A REFUGEE STORY by Abu Baker Al Rabeeah with Winnie Yeung is a charming and warm-hearted book. This essay explores questions about intergenerational authorship and juvenilia through a focus on Homes: A Refugee Story, a work of “creative non-fiction” produced through the collaboration of Abu Bakr al Rabeeah and his former teacher Winnie Yeung. Juvenilia scholarship typically privileges a lone child author writing without adult intervention. ![]()
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