作者:Sonia Levitin 出版社:Ballantine 出版日期:1991年08月01日 語言:英文 ISBN:0-449-70280-4 頁數:181頁 裝訂:平裝 規格:10.5*17.4 cm 適用對象:Age 12~up
I am an Ethiopian Jew and though we are proud Africans, the others in my country think we're outcasts.
But still we cling to our cherished beliefs--- and to a Jerusalem, in lsrael, where we can all someday be free.
But I had not expected someday to come so fast. Only yesterday, I was living with my aunt and uncle in our peaceful village, unmindful of the prejudice and cruelty around us. And today I am changed forever.
We are escaping, my brother, my sister and I. Somehow we will make the long trek to the Sudan and, eventually, to Jerusalem and Israel, the Promised Land. It will be a dangerous journey, filled with unknows, and though I try not to show it, I am scared....
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