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A thirst for home : a story of water across the world /

"Alemitu lives with her mother in a poor village in Ethiopia, where she must walk miles for water and hunger roars in her belly. Even though life is difficult, she dreams of someday knowing more about the world. When her mother has no choice but to leave her at an orphanage to give her a chance...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ieronimo, Christine (Author)
Other Authors: Velasquez, Eric (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Walker Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Bloomsbury, 2014.
Subjects:
Ethiopia > Social conditions > Juvenile fiction.
Water-supply > Ethiopia > Juvenile fiction.
Adopted children > Ethiopia > Juvenile fiction.
Intercountry adoption > Juvenile fiction.
Adoption > Juvenile fiction.
Poverty > Ethiopia.
Street children > Ethiopia.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Adopted children.
Adoption.
Intercountry adoption.
Poverty.
Social conditions.
Street children.
Water-supply.
Ethiopia.
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Summary:"Alemitu lives with her mother in a poor village in Ethiopia, where she must walk miles for water and hunger roars in her belly. Even though life is difficult, she dreams of someday knowing more about the world. When her mother has no choice but to leave her at an orphanage to give her a chance at a better life, an American family adopts Alemitu"--
Physical Description:32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page [32]).
ISBN:9780802723079
0802723071
9780802723086
080272308X