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Small Country
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Start date
July 1, 2025
Finish date
July 31, 2025
Why we're reading this
For Burundi, this is our fiction pick

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Elise
Aug 16, 2025 rated it it was amazing
This was my fiction choice for my read the world series for Burundi. What a great but tragic story. It reminded me of Beka Lamb that I read for Belize but with a male protagonist.

Gabby is 11 when the world that he knew falls apart. He lives in Burundi but his mother is originally from Rwanda and his father is from France. Growing up he felt safe that is until the newly elected president is murdered and military coup turns his world upside down and neighboring Rwanda is no longer a safe place to
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