Anillustratedbookontherefugeecrisisthatwillbreakyourheartinunder48pages,fromthe#1NewYorkTimes-bestsellingauthorofTheKiteRunner,AThousandSplendidSuns,andAndtheMountainsEchoed.“Intenselymoving...Powerfullyevocativeoftheplightinwhichdisplacedpopulationsfindthemselves.“-Kirkus,STARREDReview“Hosseini’sstory,aimedatreadersofallages,doesnotdwellonnightmarishfates;instead,itsemotionalpowerflowsfromtheloveofafatherforhisson.“-PublishersWeekly,STARREDBOXReviewAshort,powerful,illustratedbookwrittenbybelovednovelistKhaledHosseiniinresponsetothecurrentrefugeecrisis,SeaPrayeriscomposedintheformofaletter,fromafathertohisson,ontheeveoftheirjourney.Watchingoverhissleepingson,thefatherreflectsonthedangeroussea-crossingthatliesbeforethem.ItisalsoavividportraitoftheirlifeinHoms,Syria,beforethewar,andofthatcity’sswifttransformationfromahomeintoadeadlywarzone.ImpelledtowritethisstorybythehauntingimageofyoungAlanKurdi,thethree-year-oldSyrianboywhosebodywasheduponthebeachinTurkeyinSeptember2015,Hosseinihopestopaytributetothemillionsoffamilies,likeKurdi’s,whohavebeensplinteredandforcedfromhomebywarandpersecution,andhewilldonateauthorproceedsfromthisbooktotheUNHCR(theUNRefugeeAgency)andTheKhaledHosseiniFoundationtohelpfundlifesavingreliefeffortstohelprefugeesaroundtheglobe.KhaledHosseiniisoneofthemostwidelyreadwritersintheworld,withmorethanfifty-fivemillioncopiesofhisnovelssoldworldwideinmorethanseventycountries.HosseiniisalsoaGoodwillEnvoytotheUNHCR,andthefounderofTheKhaledHosseiniFoundation,anonprofitthatprovideshumanitarianassistancetothepeopleofAfghanistan.
