Over a Thousand Hills, I Walk with You by Hanna Jansen, Elizabeth D. Crawford (Translator)
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(Library Binding - Translatio)
- Age Range: Young Adult
- Pub. Date: April 2006
- 342pp
- Sales Rank: 162,149
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- ISBN-13: 9781575059273
- ISBN: 1575059274
- Edition Description: Translatio
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Before one fateful April day, Jeanne lived the life of a typical Rwandan girl. She fought with her little sister, went to school, and teased her brother. Then, in one horrifying night, everything changed. Political troubles unleashed a torrent of violence upon the Tutsi ethnic group. Jeanne's family, all Tutsis, fled their home and tried desperately to reach safety. They-along with nearly 1 million others-did not survive. The only survivor of her family's massacre, Jeanne witnessed unspeakable acts. But through courage, wits, and sheer force of will, she survived. Based on a true story, this haunting novel by Jeanne's adoptive mother makes unforgettably real the events of the 1994 Rwandan genocide as one family experienced it. Jeanne's story is a tribute to the human spirit and its capacity to heal.
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Reviewed by Taylor Rector for TeensReadToo.comby TeensReadToo
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November 13, 2008:
OVER A THOUSAND HILLS I WALK WITH YOU is the horrifying novel that is based on a true story about the 1994 Rwandan genocide. This was a subject that I didn't know too much about until I read this book, which made me realize how horrible events such as this one are still happening in today's society. How we could let this happen is beyond me.
The book is written by the adoptive mother of Jeanne to tell the story that is often called the modern day Holocaust. As with the original Holocaust, many children were left to fight for themselves and try and find a new way to survive. Jeanne's family is killed and she is left to fend for herself, and the book is about how she achieves that.
When you read this book you aren't on the basic level of thinking. You are much beyond that. The imagery in this book is not good, because in no way do you want this to happen to anyone, but at the same time it's very real. I felt as if I were standing the fields and forests and homes of these people and was surrounded by people fighting for their lives.
FAntastic!!!!!by Anonymous
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September 17, 2008: i dont agree with you people at all. This book was amazing. it wasnt slow. it just took patience. And just knowing the background for this story....it was brilliant. i believe that someone being able to tell what they went through is so amazing. So there.
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