Too Far from Home
"There's an Ethiopian; there's an Ethiopian!" I heard them shouting. I looked behind me, but I couldn't see any Ethiopian. Children began crowding round me, and I still didn't realize that they meant me, I was the Ethiopian.
Meskerem was born in a small town in the Golan Heights of Israel, to an Ethiopian mother and an American father. Soon after Operation Solomon, when several thousand Ethiopian immigrants were brought to Israel, Meskerem's parents decided to move to the center of the country, to the town of Herzelia. Meskerem comes face-to-face with the ignorance and prejudices of her new classmates, many of whom are meeting someone dark-skinned for the first time. With the help of her Ethiopian grandmother, who remained in Kazerin, Meskerem comes to terms with who she is and finds strength in belonging to three different cultures.
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"The book's focus on immi-gra-tion and fam-i-ly will be rel-e-vant to many read-ers and enlight-en-ing to oth-ers. Meskerem's expe-ri-ences and their his-tor-i-cal con-text are impor-tant for read-ers of all back-grounds. This wor-thy sto-ry, which approach-es race, big-otry, and mul-ti-cul-tur-al Jew-ish her-itage, is high-ly recommended." -- Jillian Bietz, Jewish Book Council
-- (9/14/2020 12:00:00 AM)"A deftly written and thoroughly entertaining story with an important underlying message about the value of tolerance and cultural differences, 'Too Far From Home' is an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to family, elementary school, middle school, and community library collections for young readers ages 8-13." -- James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review, Oregon WI
-- (3/16/2020 12:00:00 AM)"This is a book that I think will help children to understand some of the challenges of being too far from home." -- Jill Harris
-- (3/6/2020 12:00:00 AM)"Readers will respond to this portrait of a proud, loving family in a difficult situation." -- Kirkus Reviews
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