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Labelled outcasts by their Ethiopian neighbours because of their Jewish faith, 13-year-old Wuditu and her family make the arduous trek on foot to Sudan in the hope of being transported of Yeruslem and its promise of a better life. Instead, they are herded into a squalid refugee camp until the day soldiers round up Wuditu and scroes of others, forcing them back to Ethiopian border. Throughout her harrowing trek across the scorching sand, and the humiliation, fear, and despair she later faces as a slave, Wuditus only hope is to be reunited with her family in Yerusalem, Based on real events, this story mirrors the experience of thousands of Ethiopion Jews who fled from hatred, persecution, and brutality to a new life in their spiritual homeland.

Labelled outcasts by their Ethiopian neighbours because of their Jewish faith, 13-year-old Wuditu and her family make the arduous trek on foot to Sudan in the hope of being transported of Yeruslem and its promise of a better life. Instead, they are herded into a squalid refugee camp until the day soldiers round up Wuditu and scroes of others, forcing them back to Ethiopian border. Throughout her harrowing trek across the scorching sand, and the humiliation, fear, and despair she later faces as a slave, Wuditus only hope is to be reunited with her family in Yerusalem, Based on real...  Read More