Alemitu lives with her mother in a poor village in Ethiopia, where she must walk miles for water and hunger roars in her belly. Even though life is difficult, she dreams of someday knowing more about the world. When her mother has no choice but to leave her at an orphanage to give her a chance at a better life, an American family adopts Alemitu. She becomes Eva in her new home in America, and although her life there is better in so many ways, she’ll never forget her homeland and the mother who gave up so much for her. Told through the lens that water connects all people everywhere, this eye-opening, emotional story will get readers thinking about the world beyond their own.
- ISBN10 0802723071
- ISBN13 9780802723079
- Publish Date 20 May 2014
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 1 June 2022
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Walker & Co
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 32
- Language English