Along with Silver Birch and Blue Spruce the Red Maple Non-Fiction Award was granted to an amazing young woman, Mariatu Kamara, a child refugee from Sierra Leone.
This was a particularly heart-wrenching story, told with dignity, grace and courage beyond belief. CBC National News reporters were at the Festival of Reading Harbourfront event
when Mariatu won the Red Maple Non-Fiction Award:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/books/story/2011/05/12/forest-reading-awards.html
To find out more about "Bite of the Mango" go to Annick Press website:
http://site.annickpress.com/catalog/catalog.aspx?Title=Bite+of+the+Mango,+The
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