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The red pencil / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pinkney, Andrea Davis, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children and genocide--Juvenile fiction.
- Children and genocide.
- Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
- Refugees.
- Victims of terrorism--Juvenile fiction.
- Victims of terrorism.
- Refugees--Education--Juvenile fiction.
- Black people--Sudan--Juvenile fiction.
- Black people.
- Novels in verse.
- Refugees--Fiction.
- Blacks--Sudan--Fiction.
- Refugees--Education.
- Blacks--Sudan--Juvenile fiction.
- Sudan.
- Sudan--Juvenile fiction.
- Sudan--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Novels in verse.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Novels in verse -- Juvenile.
- Multicultural.
- Physical Description:
- 308 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Amelia Bloomer Project: Middle Grade Fiction (2015).
- NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People: Geography, People, Places, Culture (2015).
- Notable Books for a Global Society (2015).
- ISBN:
- 9780316247801
- 0316247804
- OCLC:
- 862962383
- Publisher Number:
- 99987197230
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