Auma's Long Run
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Auma's Long Run by Eucabeth Odhiambo
Auma has been running all her life. In her small Kenyan village, she's a track star with big dreams. A track scholarship could allow her to attend high school and maybe even become a doctor someday. But a strange new sickness called AIDS is ravaging the village, and when her father becomes ill, Auma's family needs her help at home. Soon more people are getting sickeven dyingand no one seems to know why. Now Auma faces a choice. She can either quit school and go to work to support her struggling family]]or leave her loved ones behind to pursue her own future. Auma knows her family is depending on her. But leaving might be the only way to find the answers to her questions about this new disease. [Back of Jacket]: One afternoon, as I looked at Baba, a silent fear gripped my heart. He spent every day in bed, he barely ate, and his cough was worse. Everyone had completely stopped talking about his illness. I wanted to talk. Even if no one had the answers, I wanted to ask a million questions. And I wanted to ask them out loud. Why couldn't we talk about it? [Back Flap]: Eucabeth Odhiambo is a professor of Teacher Education at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. As a classroom teacher she has taught all grades between kindergarten and middle school. This is her first novel.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780823445653 |
| ISBN 10 | 0823445658 |
| Title | Auma's Long Run |
| Author | Eucabeth Odhiambo |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Holiday House Inc |
| Year published | 2020-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |