Broken Memory

by Elisabeth Combres

Book Overview

IRA Notable Books for a Global Society selection

Hiding behind an armchair, five-year-old Emma does not witness the murder of her mother, but she hears everything. And when the assassins finally leave, the young Tutsi girl somehow manages to stumble away from the scene, motivated only by the memory of her mother's last words: "You must not die, Emma!"

Eventually Emma is taken in by an old Hutu woman who risks her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888998937
• ISBN13: 9780888998934
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and under
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 8