A thirst for home
Subtitle: a story of water across the world
By: Christine Ieronimo ; illustrations by Eric Velasquez
Contributors: Velasquez, Eric
Published: 2014
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780802723079; 9780802723086
Subjects: Water-supply; Adoption; Intercountry adoption; Juvenile fiction; Water supply; Fiction
Description: "Alemitu lives with her mother in a poor village in Ethiopia, where she must walk miles for water and hunger roars in her belly. Even though life is difficult, she dreams of someday knowing more about the world. When her mother has no choice but to leave her at an orphanage to give her a chance at a better life, an American family adopts Alemitu"--

Alemitu lives with her mother in a poor village in Ethiopia, where she must walk miles for water and hunger roars in her belly. When her mother leaves her at an orphanage to give her a chance at a better life, an American family adopts her.
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