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Living in a high mountain village in Ethiopia, Menelik, a young Ethiopian Jew, and his family are confronted with life-threatening oppression and persecution, and his father decides to lead the family on a perilous odyssey in search of sanctuary in Israel.
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Grade 3-6-This companion to Schur's Day of Delight (Dial, 1994) follows a family of Ethiopian Jews (the Beta Israel) in their escape from drought and persecution. Traveling at night on foot through mountains, plains, and desert, 12-year-old Menelik, his parents, and younger brother head for a Sudanese refugee camp. From there, the people are airlifted to Israel; given homes, clothing, and food; and assimilated into a culture that offers them freedom, safety, and equality. The boy tells the story of the perilous journey?of days filled with hunger, fear of discovery, and death; of a furtive border crossing; of weeks of unsanitary living in the crowded camp; and, finally, of resettlement in a small white hut in the hills near Jerusalem. The book reads like a true adventure story. Pinkney's full-page, black-and-white scratchboard illustrations add reality to this fictionalized account of the recent rescue mission that saved the remnants of a little-known civilization. A map of the Middle East shows the family's escape route, and an author's note adds historical information.
Susan Scheps, Shaker Heights Public Library, OH
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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When I Left My Village: Library Edition
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Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9. Seller Inventory # G0803715625I3N10
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WHEN I LEFT MY VILLAGE
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Brian Pinkney (illustrator). First edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Juvenile story based in the plight and escape of the Ethiopian Jews. Seller Inventory # 031587
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