95 pages. Author Mawi Asgedom tells how the story of how his family escaped from war-torn Ethiopia in 1980. First they lived in a refugee camp in Sudan, and then immigrated to the United States three years later when he was just seven years old. This is an inspirational story of a family who struggles and succeeds despite the many challenges they faced.
296 pages. Author NoViolet Bulawayo tells the story through the eyes of 10-year old Darling. In the first half of the novel, Darling describes the conditions that are forcing Zimbabweans to flee the country and in the second half of the book we learn about her struggle to assimilate into a new life in the United States with her aunt.
228 pages. Sepha Stephanos came to the United States seventeen years ago. He fled the Ethiopian Revolution, and now he runs a grocery store in a poor neighborhood in Washington, D.C. He realizes that his life is very different, and far more lonely, than he ever imagined. The novel explores what it means to lose a family and a country, and what it takes to create a new home.
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