The girl who smiled like beads

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The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clementine and Amariya, Elizabeth Weil... "A poignant story of alienation and survival, and the power of imagination to save us. Clementine and Amariya were just six years old when their parents began whispering, when neighbors started disappearing, and when they heard the loud, ugly sounds that her brother described as 'thunder'." It was 1994, and in 100 days, more than 800,000 people were killed in Rwanda, and millions were displaced. Clementine and her fifteen-year-old sister, Claire, fled, and for the next six years, they moved between seven African countries in search of safety. Hiding under beds, searching for food, surviving and escaping refugee camps, experiencing unfamiliar kindness, and witnessing unimaginable cruelty. The girls didn't know if their parents were still alive. Beautifully told And enchanting, the girl—whose smile scatters beads wherever she goes—highlights the true costs and effects of war: what is lost forever, what can be repaired, the fragility and importance of memory, and the belief that one can learn again how to love oneself, even with deep scars.