A New Kind of Dreaming character guide
These refugee families flee “distant wars” after being promised safety, carrying their belongings and hopes across the sea. Their shared displacement gives the boat a human history and makes their suffering central to the mystery Jamie begins to uncover.
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What choices might refugee families make when they are promised safety but find themselves facing danger and uncertainty instead, and should readers see the passengers who carry their belongings and hopes from “distant wars” only as victims, or also as people whose courage, relationships and search for a new home shape the mystery surrounding the boat?
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