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The good braider : a novel /

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. I...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farish, Terry
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tarrytown, NY : Marshall Cavendish, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Refugees > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants > Juvenile fiction.
Sudanese Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
Sudan > History > Civil War, 1983-2005 > Juvenile fiction.
Portland (Me.) > Juvenile fiction.
Refugees > Fiction.
Immigrants > Fiction.
Sudanese Americans > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Sudan > History > Civil War, 1983-2005 > Fiction.
Portland (Me.) > Fiction.
Mother-daughter relationship > Fiction.
Sudan > History > Fiction.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:221 pages ; 19 cm.
ISBN:9780761462675 (hbk.)
0761462678 (hbk.)
9780761462682 (ebk.)
0761462686 (ebk.)