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Reviewed on November 1, 2005
Gr 5-8 These compelling books help readers understand what it means to flee all that one knows and loves with the hope of surviving. Each title combines the words of the refugee with objective background information and clear, color photographs, often of the featured individual. Carbino was 11 when he left his Sudanese village to go to school in Ethiopia; 14 years passed before he returned. Now 28, he recounts the story of his life in his homeland, then being marched from one place to another, living in camp...Log In or Sign Up to Read More