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Of Beetles and Angels (2002) (edit title/settings)

A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard

by Mawi Asgedom (Author) (edit contributors)

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Originally self-published in hardcover in 2000, this acclaimed memoir is now in a revised paperback edition, complete with 14 black and white photographs and a new epilogue. Here is an unforgettable true story of a young boy's remarkable journey from a refugee camp in Sudan to an affluent... read more

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They move to America from over seas.

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The desert, I remember.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Memories
A New Life
Playground Warfare
The Camp
God's Angels
Days Of Mischief
Libee Mighar
The Making Of A Man
Coffee Tales
The Unmaking Of A Man
Eyeing The Mountaintop
Father Haileab
Izgihare Yihabkoom

Acknowledgements
The HAT Foundation

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Mawi Asgedom (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Dave Berger (Editor)
  2. Richelle Fischer (Cover Artist)
  3. Patricia "Raven" Moorehouse (Photographer)
  4. Nisrin El Amin (Translator) - Kafka Translation

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0316826200
Page Count: 192

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