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Four Feet, Two Sandals
Contributor(s): Williams, Karen Lynn (Author), Mohammed, Khadra (Author), Chayka, Doug (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0802852963     ISBN-13: 9780802852960
Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
OUR PRICE:   $16.20  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 2007
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Annotation: When relief workers bring used clothing to the refugee camp, everyone scrambles to grab whatever they can. Ten-year-old Lina is thrilled when she finds a sandal that fits her foot perfectly, until she sees that another girl has the matching shoe. But soon Lina and Feroza meet and decide that it is better to share the sandals than for each to wear only one. As the girls go about their routines washing clothes in the river, waiting in long lines for water, and watching for their names to appear on the list to go to America the sandals remind them that frie ndship is what is most important. Four Feet, Two Sandals was inspired by a refugee girl who asked the authors why there were no books about children like her. With warm colors and sensitive brush strokes, this book portrays the strength, courage, and hope of refugees around the world, whose daily existence is marked by uncertainty and fear.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Homelessness & Poverty
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Values & Virtues
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Asia
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2006002635
Lexile Measure: 620
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 12.2" W x 9.2" (1.05 lbs) 32 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Mainline
- Cultural Region - Asian
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 135150
Reading Level: 3.2   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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When relief workers bring used clothing to the refugee camp, everyone scrambles to grab whatever they can. Ten-year-old Lina is thrilled when she finds a sandal that fits her foot perfectly, until she sees that another girl has the matching shoe. But soon Lina and Feroza meet and decide that it is better to share the sandals than for each to wear only one.

As the girls go about their routines -- washing clothes in the river, waiting in long lines for water, and watching for their names to appear on the list to go to America -- the sandals remind them that friendship is what is most important.

Four Feet, Two Sandals was inspired by a refugee girl who asked the authors why there were no books about children like her. With warm colors and sensitive brush strokes, this book portrays the strength, courage, and hope of refugees around the world, whose daily existence is marked by uncertainty and fear.


Contributor Bio(s): Williams, Karen Lynn: - Karen Lynn Williams has written several books about the difficult lives of children around the world, including Galimoto (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard), Tap-Tap (Clarion), and Circles of Hope (Eerdmans). Karen has lived in Haiti and Malawi, but now lives in PitMohammed, Khadra: - Khadra Mohammed is the executive director of the Pittsburgh Refugee Center and has worked with refugees both in the U.S. and abroad for more than twenty years. She and Karen Lynn Williams previously collaborated on the acclaimed Four Feet, Two Sandals. Kh