Too Far from Home

"There's an Ethiopian; there's an Ethiopian!" I heard them shouting. I looked behind me, but I couldn't see any Ethiopian. Children began crowding round me, and I still didn't realize that they meant me, I was the Ethiopian.

Meskerem was born in a small town in the Golan Heights of Israel, to an Ethiopian mother and an American father. Soon after Operation Solomon, when several thousand Ethiopian immigrants were brought to Israel, Meskerem's parents decided to move to the center of the country, to the town of Herzelia. Meskerem comes face-to-face with the ignorance and prejudices of her new classmates, many of whom are meeting someone dark-skinned for the first time. With the help of her Ethiopian grandmother, who remained in Kazerin, Meskerem comes to terms with who she is and finds strength in belonging to three different cultures.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing (R)
Published: 03/03/2020
ISBN: 9781541546714
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.60w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2020
School Library Journal 03/06/2020 pg. 1

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 516390 / ...Too Far from Home
Reading Level: 4.6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 2