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Of beetles & angels : a boy's remarkable journey from a refugee camp to Harvard /

An autobiography of a boy who, at the age of three, fled civil war in Ethiopia by walking with his mother and brother to a Sudanese refugee camp, and later moved to Chicago and earned a scholarship to Harvard University. Includes recipes and discussion questions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mawi Asgedom
Other Authors: Berger, Dave
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Little, Brown, and Co., 2002.
Edition:1st pbk. ed.
Subjects:
Mawi Asgedom > Childhood and youth > Juvenile literature.
Ethiopian Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Immigrants > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Refugee children > Sudan > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Refugees > Sudan > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Mawi Asgedom > Childhood and youth.
Ethiopian Americans.
Immigrants > United States.
Refugees.
Description
Summary:An autobiography of a boy who, at the age of three, fled civil war in Ethiopia by walking with his mother and brother to a Sudanese refugee camp, and later moved to Chicago and earned a scholarship to Harvard University. Includes recipes and discussion questions.
Item Description:"Megan Tingley books."
Physical Description:142 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Awards:Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies, 2003.
ISBN:0316826200 (pbk.)