Alpha: Abidjan to Paris [Hardcover]

Doctors Without Borders Prize
PEN Promotes Award
GLLI (Global Literature in Libraries Initiative) Translated YA Book Prize Shortlist
CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Longlist
Library JournalBest Book of the Year selection
School Library JournalBest Adult Book 4 Teens selection
Comics JournalBest Comic of the Year selection

Barrouxs raw illustrations and Bessoras matter-of-fact text express the inhumanity at the heart of the refugee crisis. School Library JournalBest Adult Book 4 Teens citation

Alpha's wife and son left C?te d'Ivoire months ago to join his sister-in-law in Paris, but Alpha has heard nothing from them since. With a visa, Alpha's journey to reunite with his family would take a matter of hours. Without one, he is adrift for over a year, encountering human traffickers in the desert, refugee camps in northern Africa, overcrowded boats carrying migrants between the Canary Islands and Europe's southern coast, and an unforgettable cast of fellow travelers lost and found along the way. Throughout, Alpha stays the course, carrying his loved ones' photograph close to his heart as he makes his perilous trek across continents.

Featuring emotive, full-color artwork created in felt-tip pen and wash,Alphais an international awardwinning graphic novel supported by Amnesty International that received the PEN Promotes Award and Doctors Without Borders Prize, and was longlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal. The U.S. edition is sponsored by Le Korsa, a nonprofit organization devoted to improving human lives in Senegal.

Bessorais an award-winning writer of Swiss, German, French, Polish, and Gabonese heritage whose work has been anthologized inBest European Fiction.

Barrouxis a French graphic artist who spent much of his childhood in North Africa and whose illustrations have appeared in theNew YorklăŮ