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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
April 2013
On Sale: April 16, 2013
384 pages
ISBN: 144244682X
EAN: 9781442446823
Kindle: B0088Q9R2K
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Know that there are many words behind the few on this paperβ¦ Fifteen-year-old Nawra lives in Darfur, Sudan, in a camp for refugees displaced by the Janjaweedβs trail of murder and destruction. Nawra cannot read or write, but when a nonprofit organization called Save the Girls pairs her with an American donor, Nawra dictates her thank-you letters. Putting her experiences into words begins to free her from her devastating pastβand to brighten the path to her future. K. C. is an American teenager from Richmond, Virginia, who hates reading and writingβor anything that smacks of school. But as Nawra pours grief and joy into her letters, she inspires K. C. to see beyond her own struggles. And as K. C. opens her heart in her responses to Nawra, she becomes both a dedicated friend and a passionate activist for Darfur.
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