| The Bite of Mango Contributor(s): Kamara, Mariatu (Author), McClelland, Susan (With) |
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ISBN: 1554511585 ISBN-13: 9781554511587 Publisher: Annick Press OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: A courageous biography by a woman from Sierra Leone who at 12 was tortured and lost her hands to child soldiers, her subsequent life in refugee camps, begging in Freetown and her eventual arrival in Toronto where she began to pull her life back together. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Social Activists - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - Africa - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Military & Wars |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 800 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.6" W x 8.4" (0.58 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - West Africa - Locality - Toronto, Ontario - Geographic Orientation - Ontario - Cultural Region - African |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 126920 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry. But when 12-year-old Mariatu set out for a neighboring village, she never arrived. Heavily armed rebel soldiers, many no older than children themselves, attacked and tortured Mariatu. During this brutal act of senseless violence they cut off both her hands. Stumbling through the countryside, Mariatu miraculously survived. The sweet taste of a mango, her first food after the attack, reaffirmed her desire to live, but the challenge of clutching the fruit in her bloodied arms reinforced the grim new reality that stood before her. With no parents or living adult to support her and living in a refugee camp, she turned to begging in the streets of Freetown. As told to her by Mariatu, journalist Susan McClelland has written the heartbreaking true story of the brutal attack, its aftermath and Mariatu's eventual arrival in Toronto where she began to pull together the pieces of her broken life with courage, astonishing resilience and hope. |