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BUYING ADVISORY: EL- ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Meskerem (Macy) was born in Israel to an Ethiopian mother and an American father. Her mother gets a promotion and they move from Katzrin to Tel Aviv. They pack up, say their goodbyes and travel to their new home. Their new home is in a high-rise apartment building, not a house. She didn't know anybody and the students at her new school made fun of her name and the way she looks. Meskerem is miserable; it has been hard for her fitting in with children who are meeting a dark skinned person for the first time in their lives. She decides to go see her grandma on her own, and bravely gets on the bus. Grandma is surprised to see her and helps her work through some of her problems.
I learned about Operation Solomon where thousands of Ethiopian Jews were helped so they could escape out of Ethiopia. It is a wonderful, heartwarming little book. The story will stay with me for a long time.
Ellen-Anita, LMS
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