The Banana-Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World

by Katie Smith Milway

Book Overview

Separated from his family when they were forced to flee their home, a young East African boy named Deo lives alone in the Lukole refugee camp in Tanzania. With scarce resources at the camp, bullies have formed gangs to steal what they can, and a leader named Remy has begun targeting Deo. Then one day a coach gathers all the children to play soccer. Though Deo loves soccer and has even made his own ball out of banana leaves, he's unsure at first about...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771383313
• ISBN13: 9781771383318
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.3" x 12.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7