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Jean Patrick Nkuba, a Tutsi athlete, aspires to become Rwanda’s first Olympic runner. His hopes are shattered when the president is abruptly assassinated, plunging the country into turmoil. Forced to flee, Jean must navigate a landscape of danger and uncertainty, while wrestling with the lingering trauma of his community’s past and pursuing a fragile sense of hope.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Naomi Benaron
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