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The Arrival

Shaun Tan

20061 pagesabout 5–10 minutes
2006
first published
  • 2006Lothian Books · 128 pages · ENGISBN 9780734406941
  • 2014Hodder Childrens BooksISBN 9780734415868
  • 2007Arthur A. Levine Books · 128 pages · ENGISBN 9780439895293
  • 2007Arthur A. Levine Books · 1 pages · ENGISBN 9780439895309

In this wordless graphic novel, a man leaves his homeland and sets off for a new country, where he must build a new life for himself and try to support his family back home. His new country is full of strange arquitectural wonders, fantastic animals and other immigrants with stories of why they left home.

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Written forMiddle grade

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