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Ali and his fiancée Zeynep dream about leaving their home in Anatolia and building a new life together in Canada. But their homeland is controlled by the Turkish government, which is on the brink of war with Britain and Russia. And although Ali finds passage to Canada to work, he is forced to leave Zeynep behind until he can earn enough to bring her out to join him.
When the First World War breaks out and Canada joins Britain, Ali is declared an enemy alien. Unable to convince his captors that he is a refugee from an oppressive regime, he is thrown in an internment camp where he must count himself lucky to have a roof over his head and food to eat.
Meanwhile, Zeynep is a horrified witness to the suffering of her Christian Armenian neighbours under the Young Turk revolutionary forces. Caught in a country that is destroying its own people, she is determined to save a precious few. But if her plan succeeds, will Zeynep still find a way to cross the ocean to search out Ali? And if she does, will he still be waiting for her?
- Sales Rank: #2382191 in Books
- Published on: 2015-02-02
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .78" w x 5.60" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 288 pages
From School Library Journal
Gr 8 Up—Skrypuch continues to tell the stories of young refugees—as in The Hunger (2002), Nobody's Child (2003, both Dundrun), and Daughter of War (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2008)—in her latest historical novel. Set between 1913 and 1917, it features two Alevi Kurd teenagers in Anatolia as World War I breaks out and Turkey begins the Armenian Genocide. Ali emigrates before the war begins and gives his girlfriend, Zeynep, a journal to write in for when they meet again. While in Canada, he is locked up in an internment camp because of his nationality, though he does not identify as Turkish. Meanwhile, Zeynep is witness to the genocide of her neighbors and is called to help. The author sheds light on an often overlooked piece of history. Unfortunately, she leans too heavily on clunky literary mechanisms: the diary format preys on the integrity of the story and some characters seem forced (though they bring up interesting historical contexts, such as the Cree teenager who attempts to free Ali). The characters are unyieldingly virtuous, and their rhetorical questions at times are wearing—there is no variance in writing style between the diary authors. However, the setting is fascinating, the research is thorough, and the story is made all the more interesting due to current events in the region. The author's note is full of source notes and historical details, though it lacks a bibliography. In a world that continues to be violent, readers may find solace in the novel's joyful ending. VERDICT Dance of the Banished is absolutely school assignment worthy, and a good book for teens who enjoy historical fiction.—Lisa Nowlain, Darien Library, CT
Review
the historical details that make this story interesting cannot be overlooked. (Resource Links)
Skrypuch’s compelling characters give an authentic voice to this well researched story. It is definitely a book for adults as well as teens. (National Reading Campaign)
An eye-opening, significant literary and historical gift to readers, young and old. (Smithsonian BookDragont)
a worthwhile acquisition for middle and high school library collections; it will complement other works focusing on the story of young people affected by war-time, including The Diary of Anne Frank...Highly Recommended. (CM Magazine)
A dynamic and compelling story with likeable and realistic characters, this fictionalized narrative about how war often makes no distinctions between cultural groups will appeal to middle and secondary readers interested in history, romance, and how political movements on an international scale often wreak havoc at the local and individual levels. (Worlds of Words)
It’s a love story filled with tragedy when Ali is forced into a Canadian internment camp, and Zeynep faces horrors as the Ottoman Army marches through her villages. This moving book will enlighten and appeal to readers ages 12 to adult. (The Calgary Herald)
This latest work is an outstanding testament to Skrypuch’s mastery as a writer of historical fiction for young readers...She has put a profoundly human face on the horrors of war while also creating an insightful portrait of the Alevi Kurds...Skrypuch skillfully captures their voices, their longing, their heartbreak and their courage. (Canadian Children's Book News)
An eye-opening exposé of historical outrages committed in two countries, with intriguing glimpses of a minority group that is not well-known in the Americas. (Kirkus Reviews)
an absorbing glimpse into a dark period in world history and the human consequences of war. (VOYA)
The author’s somber rendering of WWI atrocities against Armenians is reminiscent of fellow Canadian author Deborah Ellis’ caring attention to modern-day Afghan refugees and Middle Eastern youth living in conflict. There are many lessons for young readers in this story of hope and fear, love and determination, and the universal significance of bearing witness. (Booklist)
vividly portrayed....a timely contribution to both Canadian and global First World War history. (Quill & Quire)
the setting is fascinating, the research is thorough, and the story is made all the more interesting due to current events in the region. (School Library Journal)
About the Author
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's award-winning books for young people include Last Airlift, a Red Cedar Information Book Award winner and OLA Red Maple Honour Book. Its sequel, One Step at a Time, won the OLA Silver Birch Non-Fiction Award. Her YA novel Dance of the Banished is a Junior Library Guild Selection for 2015. In 2008, in recognition of her outstanding achievement in the development Ukraine's culture, Marsha was awarded the Order of Princess Olha. She lives in Brantford, Ontario.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Love that survives the cruel years
By M. R. Campbell
In her sixth book set during the Armenian Genocide, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch's "Dance of the Banished" brings young adult readers a heartbreaking account of the World War I-era ethnic cleansing in the Anatolia region of Turkey and the Canadian paranoia that sent thousands of purportedly dangerous immigrants to internment camps.
Armenians, who are traditionally Christian, and Alevi Kurds, whose religious views differ from those of Sunni Kurds, predate the arrival of the Turks in Anatolia. The discord brought into the region by the Turks is a centuries-old fight. "Dance of the Banished" begins in 1913 on the brink of Turkey's entry into World War I on the side of the Central Powers with the story of two betrothed Alevi Kurds who are soon separated by hard times and a very wide ocean.
Ali chooses to go to Ontario, Canada where jobs are available. He plans to send money home to his family and to save enough to ultimately pay for Zeynep's passage to Ontario. She views his departure as a betrayal, as practical as it may be, and wonders if they will ever see each other again.
Subsequently, Zeynep also leaves town to work in a hospital in a Harput, a city between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, where she is swept up into the horror of revolution, war and poverty. Ali begins work in Canada only to find himself rounded up on trumped up charges and sent to a prison camp where he's pressed into service at a minimal age. Both wonder why they don't hear from each other.
The book's sections, which alternate between Zeynep's and Ali's stories, are presented as journal entries written in the form of letters to each other. In time, she learns that the Armenians who have been allegedly drafted to fight in World War I are being exterminated and he learns that he is part a growing group of imprisoned Ukrainians, Turks and others who came to Canada for freedom only to end up without it.
The power of this novel comes in part from the age of its two protagonists and how their view of the world is forced to change. Young and in love, they see life through a different lens than their parents and grandparents. While their focus is on being reunited with each other, their journal entries begin with typical day-to-day activities and then change from initial disbelief at the persecution around them into grim accounts of their own involvement and means of survival.
Their growing horror and their continuing hope and perseverance during the cruel years of 1913 to 1917 combine for a poignant love story and a stark account of genocide close up and very personal.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Powerful and factual story told through the hearts and eyes of two young lovers, separted by continents and war.
By Rob Natiuk
War and genocide are not pretty, but this author in a well-researched and deeply personal way shows much humanity in her main characters. They are two young people who are in love but separated by distance and by circumstances. Even their letters are not delivered to each other. The young girl, Zeynep, writes every week or two to her love, Ali. She is in Turkey, unable to leave to join her love in Canada to where he settled earlier, now trying to save enough money to bring Zeynep to join him.
In both countries World War I takes its toll, Ali interned in a camp in Ontario because he is from an enemy alien country during World War I. Zeynep's hardships are far worse, though, as the Turkish revolutionary forces begin persecution and war against the Christian Armenians, her neighbors, friends and some even in her family. She and her family are also targeted since they are Alevi Kurds with a strong Christian background. This cultural and religious group itself is an intriguing part of this book's history.
Zeynep in her hidden journal, protected by the American Consulate, records the history of suffering and heroism among her people. Some of these descriptions may not be suitable for children and sensitive readers. I was going to share this book with my sister-in-law whose husband is Armenian and managed to migrate to USA in the 1970s. But I am reluctant to bring this story with its heart-rending tragedies to her.
Yet, as a Ukrainian myself whose grandparents endured the threat of the Canadian internment camps, I appreciate this personalized exploration into one of the world’s darkest moments, one that some world leaders tried to conceal. But now, in a vivid way, this period is revealed. If you want to experience through human emotions the events of the Armenian genocide and the Canadian internment camps of World War I, you will appreciate this book and be deeply moved by it, as I was.
This author has written other books close to my experience and heart. PRISONERS IN A PROMISED LAND and KOBZAR’S CHILDREN are at the top of my list, but there are still others I haven’t read which I very much want to. (I bought this book from Amazon even though it doesn't show up as such. It is a beautifully bound and designed book.)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
An eye opening read
By MysteryLover
This novel tells the story of Ali and Zeynap, Alevi Kurds and childhood sweethearts, forced into separation and kept apart - initially by economics and subsequently by wartime events.
Contact is cut off and they each wonder why they don't hear from each other. Ali is rounded up with fellow 'enemy' immigrants and interred at the start of World War I, while Zeynap witnesses the horrors and atrocities inflicted on the the Armenian population of Anatolia, in present day Turkey.
The book started off a little slowly for me, but I quickly warmed up to it. I enjoy novels that are informative and this was no exception. Several times I found myself thinking 'I didn't know that'. I would imagine this novel would make a good high school history book.
All in all I enjoyed the book and would recommend it.
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