Book
The girl who smiled beads : a story of war and what comes after / Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780451495327
- ISBN: 0451495322
- ISBN: 9780451495334
- ISBN: 0451495330
- Physical Description: 274 pages : map ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown Publishing, [2018]
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | "Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were thunder. It was 1994, and in 100 days more than 800,000 people would be murdered in Rwanda and millions more displaced. Clemantine and her fifteen-year-old sister, Claire, ran and spent the next six years wandering through seven African countries searching for safety. They did not know whether their parents were alive. At age twelve, Clemantine and Claire were granted asylum in the United States. Raw, urgent, yet disarmingly beautiful, this book captures the true costs and aftershocks of war: what is forever lost, what can be repaired, the fragility and importance of memory. A riveting story of dislocation, survival."-- Provided by the publisher." |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Wamariya, Clemantine. Rwanda > History > Civil War, 1994 > Personal narratives. Refugees > Rwanda > Biography. Refugees > United States > Biography. Rwanda > History > Civil War, 1994 > Refugees. |
| Genre: | Autobiographies. |
Available copies
- 26 of 27 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Chester Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 27 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Public Library | YA BIO WAMARIYA (Text) | 33210000526158 | Young Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Ansonia Public Library | 921 WAM (Text) | 34045120753301 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | 967.57104 WAMARIYA, C. (Text) | 32544072507972 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | B WAMARIYA (Text) | 34000081331530 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | B WAMARIYA (Text) | 34014142310250 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Derby Public Library | B WAMARIYA WAM (Text) | 34047140406647 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Douglas Library - North Canaan | B WAMARIYA (Text) | 33490141834667 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Douglas Library of Hebron | B WAMARIYA (Text) | 33400141426158 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | 967.57104 WAMARIYA (Text) | 34026141128772 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven | BIO WAMARIYA Wamariya (Text) | 31953154610524 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
