The Shadowed Road

Written by W.L. Liberman
Illustrated by Janine Carrington

Selome Fekadu is a 14-year-old girl who lives in a rural Ethiopia. Her dream is to become a teacher, but her father wants her to become the obedient wife of a cow herder. Compelled to claim her right to education, Selome disguises herself as a boy and runs away from her village. What will be her fate? Will her father track her down? Or will her dreams be fulfilled?

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