The red pencil

About this book

"After her tribal village is attacked by militants, Amira, a young Sudanese girl, must flee to safety at a refugee camp, where she finds hope and the chance to pursue an education in the form of a single red pencil and the friendship and encouragement of a wise elder"--

After her village is attacked by militants, Amira, a young Sudanese girl, must flee to a refugee camp, where she finds hope and the chance to pursue an education in the form of a single red pencil and the friendship and encouragement of a wise elder.

Subjects

• africa, fiction
• africa, north, fiction
• blacks
• blacks, fiction
• children's fiction
• education
• fiction
• juvenile fiction
• novels in verse
• refugees
• refugees, fiction
• stories in rhyme