Life in Amira’s peaceful Sudanese village is shattered when Janjaweed attackers arrive, unleashing unspeakable horrors. After losing nearly everything, Amira needs to find the strength to make the long journey on foot to safety at a refugee camp. She begins to lose hope, until the gift of a simple red pencil opens her mind — and all kinds of possibilities.
A beautiful, poignant account told in blank verse of one girl's life in Darfur, Sudan and subsequent displacement. It is about genocide, healing and literacy. It reads quickly and I would recommend it for children of ten ad over.
