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Davis, Meredith (Meredith Lynn), 1971-
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Davis, Meredith (Meredith Lynn), 1971-
Uwitonze, Rebeka.
Clubfoot -- Treatment -- Juvenile literature.
Children with disabilities -- Rwanda -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Children with disabilities -- Juvenile literature.
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Her own two feet : a Rwandan girl's brave fight to walk /
Meredith
Davis
and Rebeka Uwitonze.
by
Davis
,
Meredith
(
Meredith
Lynn
),
1971-
Scholastic Focus, c2019.
Call #:
617.585092 U95d
Subjects
Uwitonze, Rebeka.
Clubfoot -- Treatment -- Juvenile literature.
Children with disabilities -- Rwanda -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Children with disabilities -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781338356373 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1338356372 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Description:
199 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Part one: Rwanda -- Part two: America -- Part three: Rwanda -- Glossary.
Summary:
Born with curled and twisted feet, the story follows the nine-year-old Rebeka's journey from Rwanda to the United States for a life-changing surgery.
The moving story of a young Rwandan girl born with clubfeet and the risk she takes for the chance to walk on the bottoms of her feet for the first time. Rebeka Uwitonze was born in Rwanda with curled and twisted feet, which meant she had to crawl or be carried to get around. At nine years old, she gets an offer that could change her life. A doctor in the US might be able to turn her feet. But it means leaving her own family behind and going to America on her own.
Audience:
Age 8-12.
Genre:
Biography, Juvenile.
Other authors:
Uwitonze, Rebeka.
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Sackville Public Library
Children's Black Nonfiction
617.585092 U95d
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