Oh Give Me a Home

From Author Jane Kurtz, Winner Of The Iread Award From The International Board On Books For Young People, National Science Association Outstanding Science Trade Book, Golden Kite Award, School Library Journal Best Of The Year, Kerlan Award And Numerous Others... ...a Book Based On Her Real Childhood Memories Of Growing Up In Maji, Ethiopia While Navigating Occasional Visits To The United States, The Country Her Parents Called Home. It's Never Easy To Move. Moving Between Continents? What A Disaster! Oh Give Me A Home Navigates Universal Dilemmas Of Belonging And Becoming--in A Vast World Of Opportunity And Failure, Can Jane Find Her Place? Or A Best Friend? Or At Least A Good Pet? Jane's Parents Work In Rural Ethiopia Supporting The Local Church, A Clinic, And A School. She Knows That Maji, Cool And Green, Perched On A Mountainside Of Waterfalls And Monkeys, Is The Perfect Place To Live. Or It Would Be Perfect If She Had A Pet. Having Sailed From The U.s. At The Age Of Two, Jane And Her Many Sisters Have Only Known A Rural African Life. In Maji, She Has A Place In The Community And-usually-within Her Big Family. Jane Is Full Of Ideas That Include Schemes For An Animal To Play With. A Real Pet, Not The Dik Dik That Dies, The Monkey That Tries To Bite Her Fingers, Nor The Elusive Cat That Lives In The Shed And Has Just Absconded With Her Litter Of Kittens. But Her Plans Are Derailed As Jane Learns She Is To Move Back To America With Her Family For A Sabbatical Year. America And Africa Collide As Jane Tries To Answer The Simple Question, Where Am I From? As She Crosses Seas And Navigates Towns And Freeways, Will She Find Her Way Through The Confusion And Awkwardness Of Customs And Conventions Forged In The School Yards And Asphalt Maze Of Suburban America, A Continent Away From Her Real Life In Africa? Or Is America-where She Meets Her Relatives For Laughter And Frolicking And Big Holiday Meals-her Real Home?-- Provided By Publisher.