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This moving picture book, by Mary Hoffman, kept me engaged throughout. It is about a boy who has recently arrived from the war-torn country of Somalia. The plot revolves around Hassan trying to adjust to life in the United States as well as the primary classroom. He is used to having lessons ‘out of doors from early in the morning' until the sun became ‘too hot at midday’ but in America he is required to stay ‘indoors’ until playtime. He seems so affected by the civil war in Somalia so much so t
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Sep 06, 2015
Diane Dennis
marked it as to-read
