<DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Poignant and chilling, this allegory is an astonishing, powerful, and timely story about refugees, xenophobia, racism, multiculturalism, social politics, and human rights. When the people of an island find a man sitting on their shore, they immediately reject him because he is different. Fearful to the point of delusional paranoia, the islanders lock him in a goat pen, refuse him work, and feed him scraps they would normally feed a pig.&nbsp;As their fears&nbsp;progress into hatred, they force him into the sea. The charcoal illustrations complement the sparse and beautifully understated narrative. </P></DIV>