5/19/2023 0 Comments The sea of starsSwimming in a Sea of Stars is a poignant and gripping novel about how we’re all interconnected, like the stars in the night sky that form constellations and map out the universe, and if even one star goes missing, the effect is profound. With Avery’s older brother in jail for dealing drugs, Avery is desperate for meaningful human connection. But what no one knows is he needs the world to remember him since his sick mom doesn’t anymore.Īvery is considered a loner and doesn’t know Addison, but they have neighboring lockers. She can guess why Addison did what she did.ĭamion is TikTok-famous and thinks befriending Addison could boost his followers. Those two things couldn’t be related, could they?Ĭelia feels trapped by her mother’s abusive boyfriend. They were sort of a couple until he tried to kiss her. She still holds secrets she’s not ready to share.ĭuring the school day, Addison encounters four other students struggling with their own secrets:īooker is anxious about seeing Addison. She knows there are rumors about why she did it: A lousy home life? Bullying? Heartbreak? None of them are true, but it doesn’t matter because Addison still feels like she’s drowning. It’s her first day back to school, several weeks after she survived her suicide attempt. Her therapist recommended she keep a journal to help her understand those feelings better, which she really needs today. There goes the girl who tried to kill herself.Īddison is no stranger to feeling stressed, insecure, and sad. Refugee Agency has said as many as 800,000 people might flee Sudan for other countries.Available From These Resellers: Categories: Coming Soon, Inspirational, Young Adult Swimming in a Sea of Stars The Sudanese military mostly controls areas in northeastern Sudan and the RSF has control of most areas in the southwest, according to news reports. Negotiations during previous cease-fires have failed to stop all the fighting in Sudan. However, neither the Sudanese armed forces nor the Rapid Support Forces had acknowledged the reported cease-fire by Tuesday afternoon. The government of South Sudan said Tuesday that both sides have agreed to a new, longer cease-fire agreement that will last from Thursday to May 11. “We have been working very hard to make sure that our embassy personnel were able to get to safety and that American citizens with whom we were in contact and asked for assistance were also able to get to safety.” “As long as there are American citizens in Sudan who are seeking our assistance in leaving Sudan, we will continue to do this,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday. Ryder said the group of citizens who were evacuated across the Red Sea were also aided from the capital city of Khartoum to the coast so they could board the Brunswick - a distance of more than 400 miles.Īdditionally, the United States is still conducting surveillance and reconnaissance efforts over Sudan for constant updates about new and existing evacuation routes, the Pentagon said. Africa Command and the State Department are still working to find Americans who are still in the country and want to leave. The United Nations estimates that several hundred people have been killed in the fighting so far. The two sides cooperated in 2021 to overthrow Sudan’s democratic transitional government, but are now involved in a power struggle. The fighting in Sudan has been ongoing since the middle of April and is part of a bloody dispute between the country’s armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Sea The Stars is by the top class European Miler Cape Cross, winner of the Lockinge Stakes, Celebration Mile and Queen Anne Stakes in the UK. The journey from Port Sudan to Jeddah is close to 200 miles. The Pentagon has not specified how many of the 300 evacuees aboard the Brunswick were American citizens or whether all were Americans. is focused on establishing multiple evacuation routes - mainly over land - to transportation hubs such as airports in Khartoum and ships in Port Sudan. Military officials said last week that there were only a “relatively small number” of Americans in Sudan who were still trying to get out. The Pentagon has been working with the State Department for weeks to identify American citizens who are still in the battle-scarred northeastern African country and want to leave.
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