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1 online resource |
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data file rda |
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Fiction |
| Summary |
IRA Notable Books for a Global Society selection Hiding behind an armchair, five-year-old Emma does not witness the murder of her mother, but she hears everything. And when the assassins finally leave, the young Tutsi girl somehow manages to stumble away from the scene, motivated only by the memory of her mother's last words: "You must not die, Emma!" Eventually Emma is taken in by an old Hutu woman who risks her own life to hide the child. Emma stays with the old woman and a quiet bond forms between the two, but long after the war ends, the young girl is still haunted by nightmares. When the country establishes courts to allow victims to face their tormenters in their villages, Emma is uneasy and afraid. But through her growing friendship with a young torture victim and the gentle encouragement of an old man charged with helping child survivors, Emma finds the courage to return to the house where her mother was killed and begin the journey to healing. |
| Audience |
Text Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 5 |
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UG/Upper grades (9th-12) |
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890 Lexile. |
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5.9 ATOS Level |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Toronto : Groundwood Books, 2011. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 387 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). |
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Young Adult Fiction.
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Young Adult Literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Original 9780888998934 |
| ISBN |
9781554981618 (electronic bk) |
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