Upfront admission ... I had seen a few books that were written in verse, labeled as poetry. It's not really my genre. I first went ahead and gave it a try with [book:Long Way Down|22552026]. In audio, I wouldn't have know this was "in verse" ... which is I guess what most of these books are. In audio (read by the author in Long Way Down) it just sounded a bit like a stream of consciousness thought. I had to check out the print copy to "see" the  verse, and it really hit me (I bought a copy to keep in my home library). Again, in [book:Shout|40519259] ... I went with audio first, and wouldn't have realized it was "verse" without seeing the print copy. The same goes for this book. 

I've read quite a few "refugee" situations ... ones read recently are [book:Where the Wind Leads: A Refugee Family's Miraculous Story of Loss, Rescue, and Redemption|18126604] (also Vietnam) [book:Good Morning, Hope: A True Story of Refugee Twin Sisters and Their Triumph over War, Poverty, and Heartbreak|75532812] (Albania), Persepolis (Tehran), American Dirt (Mexico) and even early pioneer history, plus of course all the WW2 books. They all have similarities, even in different times and locations. It's always so sad, leaving everything to travel and hope for a better future. The struggle, help and persecution faced in new lands. 

This fits in my "not-nonfiction but ..." as at the end, the author notes how many things that happened to the MC, actually did happen to her. 

I liked this ... I'm not sure how much I'll remember. I did go with the audio edition, but I had a physical copy I'd picked up, intending to offer it up in my Little Free Library. Now ... I'm not sure, I kind of want to keep it for my own shelves. It's one I could see myself grabbing to flip through again. The cover is lovely. It's unique. There's a sequel, but I'm not really feeling pulled toward continuing  on  ...