Running The Rift

Running The Rift Follows The Progress Of Jean Patrick Nkuba From The Day He Knows That Running Will Be His Life To The Moment He Must Run To Save His LifeANaturally Gifted Athlete, He Sprints Over The Thousand Hills Of Rwanda And Dreams Of Becoming His Country?s First Olympic Medal Winner In TrackBut Jean Patrick Is ATutsi In AWorld That Has Become Increasingly Restrictive And Violent For His PeopleAs Tensions Mount Between The Hutu And Tutsi, He Holds Fast To His Dream That Running Might Deliver Him, And His People, From The Brutality Around ThemWinner Of The Bellwether Prize For Socially Engaged Fiction, Naomi Benaron Has Written AStunning And Gorgeous Novel That?through The Eyes Of One Unforgettable Boy? Explores ACountry?s Unraveling, Its Tentative New Beginning, And The Love That Binds Its People Together.
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