Cover of The Red Pencil

Book 2015

The Red Pencil

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Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published
2015
  • Refugees
  • Novels in verse
  • Blacks
  • Fiction
  • Children's fiction
  • Stories in rhyme
  • Refugees, fiction
  • Blacks, fiction

"After her tribal village is attacked by militants, Amira, a young Sudanese girl, must flee to safety at a refugee camp, where she finds hope and the chance to pursue an education in the form of a single red pencil and the friendship and encouragement of a wise elder"--

After her village is attacked by militants, Amira, a young Sudanese girl, must flee to a refugee camp, where she finds hope and the chance to pursue an education in the form of a single red pencil and the friendship and encouragement of a wise elder.