A calf named Brian Higgins
Subtitle: an adventure in rural Kenya
By: Kristen Ball ; foreword by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, Millennium Villages Project
Contributors: Sachs, Jeffrey, writer of supplementary textual content
Publisher: Red Chair Press
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Egremont, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781947159006
Subjects: Hunger; Voluntarism; Poverty; Fiction
Description: Thirteen-year-old Hannah Higgins is convinced her summer is ruined when she is forced to travel to Africa and work in a remote village in Kenya with her mom and uncle. Never having been to a developing country, she finds the food gross and the community filthy. She has to live without electricity or running water. Then she is told she must attend school. Just when she thinks nothing could make this trip any worse, she learns people there are dying of hunger and preventable disease. Hannah becomes frustrated and wants to help, but when poverty threatens the lives of people she loves, all she wants to do is go home.
Notes: Includes resources for young people to follow up and take action to help with sustainable development.

Includes bibliographical references.

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