Auma's Long Run
- Authors
- Odhiambo, Eucabeth
- Publisher
- Carolrhoda Books
- Tags
- aids epidemic in 1980s , cultural tradition , friend , middle-grade novels , courage , eucabeth odhiambo , fiction , novel , middle-grade novel , aids epidemic , sports , family , track , tradition , aids , aids in africa , track athletes , multicultural , auma , lifestyles , culture , disease , families , school , friends , bravery , track and field , diseases , middle-grade fiction , love , track and field athletes , kenya , relationships , sport , odhiambo , track and field athlete , africa , auma's long run , carolrhoda books , track & field , family & relationships , track athlete , nairobi , fiction - middle grade , friendship , religion , young adult , novels , eucabeth , traditions
- ISBN
- 9781512427844
- Date
- 2017-09-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.95 MB
- Lang
- en
**Auma has been running all her life. **
In her small Kenyan village, she's a track star with big dreams. A track scholarship could allow her to attend high school and maybe even become a doctor someday. But a strange new sickness called AIDS is ravaging the village, and when her father becomes ill, Auma's family needs her help at home.
Soon more people are getting sick -- even dying -- and no one seems to know why. Now Auma faces a choice. She can either quit school and go to work to support her struggling family...or leave her loved ones behind to pursue her own future.
Auma knows her family is depending on her. But leaving might be the only way to find the answers to her questions about this new disease.