Book description
IT WAS JUST A SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT UNTIL IT BECAME A LIFESAVING MISSION.
Two girls living a continent apart become pen pals. Quiet and shy, Neyah lives in a rural African
village and longs for more time in school, but spends most days fetching filthy water for her family
to survive.…
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1 author picked Fetching Dreams as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Fetching Dreams is such a worthy book and should be required reading for teens and adults. I learned so much from this story about the dangers girls and women face in Africa, having to trek far from home to fetch water for their families.
It is a way of life I knew nothing about, and I admired how the author presented it without ever becoming preachy or pedantic. The reader journeys with twelve-year-old Neyah as she finds her voice to stand up to her father and to the authorities to make the radical change the community requires.
The story is…
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Gold Recipient, Mom's Choice Awards Honoring Excellence.
Silver Medal in Children's Adventure, 2020 International Readers' Favorite Awards.
Award-winning Finalist, Next Generation Book Awards.
1st Place in both Children's Adventure AND Grades 4th-6th, 2020 TopShelf Awards.
Grand Prize Winner, Colorado Author Project.
1st Place, Gertrude Warner Middle Grade Fiction Award.
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