Farish, Terry.

The good braider : a novel / Terry Farish. - 1st ed. - New York : Amazon Childre's Publishing, 2012. - 221 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Follows Viola as she survives brutality in war-torn Sudan, makes a perilous journey, lives as a refugee in Egypt, and finally reaches Portland, Maine, where her quest for freedom and security is hampered by memories of past horrors and the traditions her mother and other Sudanese adults hold dear. Includes historical facts and a map of Sudan.

ISBN: 9780761462675 (hardcover) 0761462678 (hardcover)

LCCN: 2011033659

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Refugees--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Sudanese Americans--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Sudan--History--Civil War, 1983-2005--Fiction.
Portland (Me.)--Fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]