Cry of the Giraffe

by Judie Oron

Book Overview

In the early 1980s, thousands of Ethiopian Jews fled the civil unrest, famine and religious persecution of their native land in the hopes of being reunited in Yerusalem, their spiritual homeland, with its promises of a better life. Wuditu and her family risk their lives to make this journey, which leads them to a refugee camp in Sudan, where they are separated. Terrified, 15-year-old Wuditu must return to Ethiopia alone. "Don't give up, Wuditu Be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554512719
• ISBN13: 9781554512713
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Annick Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 15 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 10 to Postsecondary