What readers think of In the Sea There are Crocodiles, plus links to write your own review.

This book is great for 10 and can be funny, but very rarely. It is very intense and is a great reader.The only problem is you can't put it down!

In the Sea There are Crocodiles is probably one of the best books that describes a refugees experience that I have ever read. It tells the harsh truth without covering up anything. The book is fact-based and doesn't tell the story with emotion and yet evokes great sympathy from the reader. I'm sure Enaiat's experience was far worse then the description but the beautiful use of imagery helps me picture the life of a refugee. I would recommend this book to everyone and in hopes that everyone will know more about the dangers and risks in the life of a refugee. I pray for all the people that have experienced a similar thing to Enaiat and hope for world peace.

The true story of Enaiatollah Akbari is one wrought with immense courage. It took a great deal of courage, fortitude, determination, and resilience to accomplish what Enaiatollah did at such a young age. It boggles my mind that a very young 10-year-old child could accomplish such a feat. All he wanted was somewhere to live and somewhere to belong.

I’ll definitely be passing word of this book along to other people.

Thank you to BookBrowse for recommending this book to me. In comparison to” A Long Way Gone", the story of a young boy's daunting walk out of Darfur, “In the Sea There are Crocodiles” is not as graphic and disturbing , yet just as hideous and harrowing. Enaiat's story told through the pen of Fabio Geda is a much softer and simplistic tale. A much lighter easier read, it lends itself to the Young Adult/Teenage book category, and slowly grabs adults by the throat and drags them into a world that one can only imagine in the best fiction. Only Enaiat’s story is real and his resilience and fate will leave you amazed. You find yourself cheering when he arrives in Italy 5 years later. You find yourself saddened and shocked by what is happening in Afghanistan and other parts of the world today and the unspeakable losses of children and families the world over. Required reading. Bravo Fabio Geda and God Speed Enaiatollah Akbari!