Cry of the giraffe : based on a true story.
Title:
Cry of the giraffe : based on a true story.
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
Labeled outcasts by their Ethiopian neighbours because of their Jewish faith, 13-year-old Wuditu and her family make the arduous trek on foot to Sudan in the hope of being transported to Yerusalem and its promise of a better life. Instead, they are herded into a squalid refugee camp until the day soldiers round up Wuditu and scores of others, forcing them back to the Ethiopian border.
Year Published:
2010
Physical Description:
193 p. ; 19 cm.
Note:
Based on real events, this story mirrors the experience of thousands of Ethiopian Jews who fled from hatred, persecution, and brutality to a new life in their spiritual homeland.
Program Information:
Gr. 7+
ISBN:
9781554512713
Publisher:
Toronto : Annick Press, c2010.
