The girl who smiled beads

A poignant story of displacement and survival, and the power of imagination to save us. Clementine was six years old when her parents began to whisper, when neighbors started disappearing, and when the deafening and ugly sounds her brother called "thunder" were heard. It was 1994, and over 800,000 people were killed in Rwanda, with millions displaced. Clementine escaped with her fifteen-year-old sister, and they spent the next six years moving between seven African countries in search of safety. Hiding under beds, searching for food, surviving and fleeing refugee camps, experiencing unexpected kindness, and witnessing unimaginable cruel events.

• Category : Translated Novels

• Number of pages : 328 pages