Year of No Rain.by Alice Mead Farrar, Straus & Giroux Farrar, Straus & Giroux Publishing company in New York City noted for its literary excellence. It was founded in 1945 by John Farrar and Roger Straus as Farrar, Straus & Co. , May 2003, $16.00, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-374-37288-8 Ages 9-12 Eleven-year-old Stephen Majok embarks on a brave and harrowing journey after soldiers raid his drought-stricken village in war-torn southern Sudan Southern Sudan is a region of Sudan, comprising ten of that country's provinces. The Sudanese government agreed to give autonomy to the region in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement[1] with his mother slaughtered and his sister missing, Stephen seeks refuge, food and water, but desperately yearns for home. Mead sensitively conveys the traumatic effects of war on children and families. --C.E.A. |
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