The good braider : a novel /
Farish, Terry.
The good braider : a novel / Terry Farish. - Las Vegas, NV : Skyscape, [2012] - 221 p. : map ; 18 cm.
School Library Journal starred, September 2012 Booklist starred, July 2012 Horn Book, April 2013 Choice, April 2013 Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2012 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2012 Teacher Librarian, December 2012 Kirkus Review, May 2012 Library Media Connection, January 2013
Follows Viola as she survives brutality in war-torn Sudan, makes a perilous journey, lives as a refugee in Egypt, and finally reaches Portland, Maine, where her quest for freedom and security is hampered by memories of past horrors and the traditions her mother and other Sudanese adults hold dear. Includes historical facts and a map of Sudan.
HL 630 Lexile. Young Adult Follett School Solutions.
9781477816288
Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants--Juvenile fiction.
Sudanese Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
Refugees--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Sudanese Americans--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Sudan--History--Civil War, 1983-2005--Juvenile fiction.
Portland (Me.)--Juvenile fiction.
Sudan--History--Fiction.
Portland (Me.)--Fiction.
[Fic]
The good braider : a novel / Terry Farish. - Las Vegas, NV : Skyscape, [2012] - 221 p. : map ; 18 cm.
School Library Journal starred, September 2012 Booklist starred, July 2012 Horn Book, April 2013 Choice, April 2013 Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2012 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2012 Teacher Librarian, December 2012 Kirkus Review, May 2012 Library Media Connection, January 2013
Follows Viola as she survives brutality in war-torn Sudan, makes a perilous journey, lives as a refugee in Egypt, and finally reaches Portland, Maine, where her quest for freedom and security is hampered by memories of past horrors and the traditions her mother and other Sudanese adults hold dear. Includes historical facts and a map of Sudan.
HL 630 Lexile. Young Adult Follett School Solutions.
9781477816288
Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants--Juvenile fiction.
Sudanese Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
Refugees--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Sudanese Americans--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Sudan--History--Civil War, 1983-2005--Juvenile fiction.
Portland (Me.)--Juvenile fiction.
Sudan--History--Fiction.
Portland (Me.)--Fiction.
[Fic]