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Melissa FlemingA Hope More Powerful Than the Sea
Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2017A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Introduction
A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea
- Genre: Nonfiction; biography
- Originally Published: 2017
- Reading Level/Interest: Lexile 1040L; grades 9-12; college/adult
- Structure/Length: 10 chapters plus epilogue; approx. 288 pages; approx. 7 hours, 50 minutes on audio
- Central Concern: Doaa Al Zamel is just a teenager when she and her family flee as refugees from civil war in her country of Syria; later she must survive a tragic accident when she and her fiancé attempt to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.
- Potential Sensitivity Issues: Violence; civil war; death, including that of young children; drowning; xenophobia
Melissa Fleming, Author
- Bio: Attended Oberlin College as an undergraduate, then earned a master’s degree in broadcast journalism at Boston University; worked in public affairs before serving as spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); presents TED Talks and produces TEDx talks to raise awareness worldwide toward helping refugees
- Awards: YALSA Alex Award (2018); The Amelia Bloomer Book List (2018)
CENTRAL THEMES connected and noted throughout this Teaching Unit:
- The Interconnected World
- The Power of Humanity
- Finding a Sense of Purpose
STUDY OBJECTIVES: In accomplishing the components of this Unit, students will:
- Develop an understanding of the geographical and historical contexts regarding Syrian immigration that incite Doaa’s conflict.
- Analyze paired texts and other brief resources to make connections via the text’s themes of The Interconnected World, The Power of Humanity, and Finding a Sense of Purpose.
