num_pages: 32
description: A refugee boys determination to ride a bicycle leads to an unexpected friendship.Joseph wants only one thing: to ride a bike. In the refugee camp where he lives Joseph helps one of the older boys fix his bike but hes too small to ride it.Joseph and his mother travel to America where everything is strange and new. One day he spots a red bike that seems just right for him! It belongs to a girl with a whoosh of curly hair. When Whoosh crashes her bike Joseph offers to fix it. His big chance has finally come except that Joseph doesnt know how to ride! He crashes a few times picks himself up and tries again until suddenly with a shout of triumph hes riding the bike. Inspired by the authors interviews with refugee children from Sudan.
language: English
title: Joseph's Big Ride
publisher: Annick Press