An Odyssey Honor audiobook and National Book Award Finalist, this remarkable graphic novel—adapted for audio—is about growing up in a refugee camp, as told by a former Somali refugee to the Newbery Honor-winning creator of Roller Girl....
Somalia
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Author:Jamieson, VictoriaSummary: - Author:Salh, Shugri SaidSummary:
"I am the last nomad. My ancestors traveled the East African desert in search of grazing land for their livestock, and the most precious resource of all-water. When they exhausted the land and the clouds disappeared from the...
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Author:Kusow, FartumoSummary:Despite her family's threat to disown her, Idil, a young Somali woman, rejects her high Bliss status to marry Sidow, a poor Boon man. Her decision transforms her life, forcing her to face harsh and sometimes even deadly consequences for...
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Author:Stewart, LorindaSummary:On August 23, 2008, Amanda Lindhout was kidnapped outside Mogadishu in Somalia. The kidnappers’ demand was simple: pay millions or Amanda would be killed. For the next 460 days, Amanda’s mother, Lorinda Stewart, did everything in her...
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Author:Gingrich, Newt, Earley, PeteSummary:Only two Americans escape a Benghazi-style attack on a newly opened US embassy in Somalia: Brooke Grant, the young commander of the Marine Corps Embassy Guards, and CIA Station Chief Gunter Connor. To survive, they must avoid detection...
