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Faraway Home

Faraway Home

by Jane Kurtz
Illustrator: E. B. Lewis

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | February 7, 2000 | Hardcover

As her father prepares for a trip back to his childhood home in Ethiopia, Desta begins to worry. Where does her father truly belong--in the village of his youth or here in America with her? What was growing up in Ethiopia like? And will her father''s love for his family be enough to bridge these two worlds and bring him back to her? A powerful portrait of a contemporary American immigrant family From a Coretta Scott King Honor-winning artist Portrays a heartwarming father-daughter relationship Junior Library Guild Selection
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Desta's father, who needs to return briefly to his Ethiopian homeland, describes what it was like for him to grow up there.

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As her father prepares for a trip back to his childhood home in Ethiopia, Desta begins to worry. Where does her father truly belong--in the village of his youth or here in America with her? What was growing up in Ethiopia like? And will her father''s love for his family be enough to bridge these two worlds and bring him back to her? A powerful portrait of a contemporary American immigrant family From a Coretta Scott King Honor-winning artist Portrays a heartwarming father-daughter relationship Junior Library Guild Selection

About the Author

Jane Kurtz grew up in Ethiopia. She teaches children''s literature at the University of North Dakota and lives in Grand Forks.

E. B. Lewis''s work is shown in galleries throughout the United States and graces the pages of numerous picture books, including a 1999 Coretta Scott King Honor Illustrator winner, The Bat Boy and His Violin. He lives in New Jersey.

Hardcover

32 Pages, 8.5 x 11 x 0.3 in

February 7, 2000

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt


0152000364
9780152000363

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