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The good braider by Terry Farish · Booklabria

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The good braider

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First published: 2012
Language: English
Editions: 3

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Follows Viola as she survives brutality in war-torn Sudan, makes a perilous journey, lives as a refugee in Egypt, and finally reaches Portland, Maine, where her quest for freedom and security is hampered by memories of past horrors and the traditions her mother and other Sudanese adults hold dear. Includes historical facts and a timeline of Sudan.

Subjects: History
Children's fiction
African Americans
Mothers and daughters
Immigrants
Africa
Set in: Portland
Sudan
Time: Civil War, 1983-2005

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