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The Storyteller's Beads by Kurtz, Jane
by Kurtz, Jane | HC | Good
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780152010744
- Book Title
- Storyteller's Beads
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Item Length
- 7.2 in
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Bryant, Michael, Yes
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Juvenile Fiction
- Topic
- People & Places / Africa, People & Places / United States / African American, General, Historical / Africa
- Item Weight
- 9.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 5 in
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
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Product Information
Running for their lives to escape the political upheaval in Ethiopia, two young girls from different faiths form an unlikely friendship.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
0152010742
ISBN-13
9780152010744
eBay Product ID (ePID)
168067
Product Key Features
Book Title
Storyteller's Beads
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1998
Topic
People & Places / Africa, People & Places / United States / African American, General, Historical / Africa
Illustrator
Bryant, Michael, Yes
Genre
Juvenile Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9.2 Oz
Item Length
7.2 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Ages 9-12, Ages 4-8, Ages 2-3, under 2 Years
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
Set in the mid-1980s, a time when Ethiopia is hard-hit by drought and political strife, Kurtz's (Trouble) eye-opening novel charts the converging paths of two young natives fleeing from their country. Sahay, a Christian orphan, and Rahel, a blind Jewish girl, have been taught to be enemies, but discover they have much in common when they join a large group of refugees on their way to Sudan: both have suffered hunger and persecution, have been torn from their families and regret leaving their homeland. Through the girls' alternating points of view, Kurtz conveys how the fellow travelers' mutual mistrust of one another gradually grows into reliance upon each other for aid and consolation. When soldiers force Sahay's uncle and Rahel's brother to turn back, Sahay experiences her first pang of pity for the "blind Falasha" girl and offers to be her guide. In turn, Rahel soothes Sahay's lagging spirit with inspirational stories from the Old Testament. Besides presenting an historically accurate account of mass exodus from Ethiopia (additional information appears in an afterword), the story pays tribute to survivors who find the strength and courage to help others reach freedom. Ages 8-12., Grade 5-8-This harrowing story set in Ethiopia during the 1980s features an unexpected friendship between two girls of different religious backgrounds. Threatened by war, famine, and drought, Sahay and her uncle set out from their small Kemant village to find safety in the Sudan. Rahel, a blind Jewish girl, and her brother also flee the country as part of a group of Beta-Israel planning to make an aliyah to Jerusalem. As part of the same band of refugees, the girls make a long, difficult trek across the mountains. When the men are turned back at the border, Rahel and Sahay are left on their own to finish the journey. They find that their common danger and need for one another allow them to overcome the generations of prejudice that separate Jews (called falasha or "alien strangers" in spite of generations of residence) and other religious and ethnic groups in this part of the world. Throughout the ordeal, Rahel comforts herself and Sahay with the stories that she learned from her grandmother, tales from the Bible and Ethiopian tradition that help the girls believe that they will survive. This moving novel about friendship also illustrates the power of story. Ethiopian words that are clear in context and also defined in the glossary help particularize the setting. An afterword explains something of the complex relationship between the girls' two different cultures. This ultimately heartening novel is a solid addition to the growing body of middle-grade books for a multicultural world.Kathleen Isaacs, Edmund Burke School, Washington,
Lccn
97-042312
Grade from
Second Grade
Age Range
7-10
Target Audience
Juvenile Audience
Dewey Decimal
[Fic]
Grade to
Fifth Grade
Lc Classification Number
Pz7.K9626st 1998
Copyright Date
1998
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