One Shadow on the Wall Holidays & Celebrations - Other Non Religious But in a place ravaged

But in a place ravaged by a generation of civil war and drought

In this classic of modern children's literature

Hardcover / Paperback - Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended Title

where his chores await him

she shows today's young readers what it means to fight nonviolently (even when the police are using violence

One Shadow on the Wall Holidays & Celebrations - Other Non Religious But in a place ravagedAn orphaned boy in contemporary Senegal must decide between doing what is right and what is easy as he struggles to keep a promise he made to his dying father in this stirring (School Library Journal) middle grade debut novel laced with magical realism. Eleven year old Mor was used to hearing his fathers voice, even if no one else could since his fathers death. It was comforting. It was also a reminder that Mor had made a promise to his father before