CONTENTS

1. COVER
2. TITLE PAGE
3. WELCOME
4. DEDICATION
5. MAP
6. PART 1: OUR FARM: South Darfur, Africa
   1. WHEAT
   2. DANDO’S DELIGHT
   3. LOST TOOTH
   4. DIZZY DONKEY
   5. OPPORTUNITY
   6. SCHOOL
   7. PINCHED
   8. THE WAGER
   9. FRUITLESS
   10. CONTEST
   11. WAR
   12. AS I SEE IT
   13. CHORES
   14. BIRTH STORY
   15. HEARTBEAT
   16. OKRA
   17. TWIG
   18. DITTY
   19. WAKING THE MOON
   20. GLOWING SAYIDDA
   21. LEILA
   22. OUR BENT BABY
   23. DOUBLE JOY
   24. GAMAL
   25. GOAL
   26. TRADITION HUT
   27. CHASING THE WIND
   28. GOZ
   29. DRAWING
   30. HAND, TWIG, SPARROW
   31. THE JANJAWEED
   32. FRIGHT
   33. POSSIBILITIES
   34. LINES
   35. AGREEING
   36. SEEING THE SAME SUN
   37. BROKEN-BOTTLE DOLLY
   38. TOY BATTLES
   39. EYES
   40. DOTS
   41. WAKING, WALKING, WATER
   42. FAMILY PICTURES
   43. ETERNITY
   44. MELON BELLY
   45. THE HABOOB
   46. DEMON!
   47. WORRY
   48. DUST WALL
   49. BLEAT—RELIEF!
   50. AFTERWARD
   51. DANDO’S CONFESSION
   52. LIZARD
   53. APOLOGY
   54. NALI’S GIFT
   55. FLITTER
   56. SAND SHEEP
   57. PEEK-AND-PRANCE
   58. DAWN
   59. SUDDEN GUST
   60. HAMMERING
   61. HAPPENING?
   62. SHOCK
   63. TOGETHER
   64. CALLING
   65. NOWHERE
   66. FLEEING
   67. ASHES
   68. SOLES
   69. FORWARD
   70. FOOTPRINTS
   71. HUNGRY
   72. STUBBORN
   73. NO MOON
   74. CURSED
   75. MISERY
   76. QUEASY
   77. DAZED
   78. QUICK-STREAM
   79. DISPLACED
7. PART 2: KALMA
   1. SCRAPS
   2. DISBELIEF
   3. VANISHING
   4. MOURNING
   5. RUBBER TWIGS
   6. SILENCE
   7. CROWDED KALMA
   8. ECHO
   9. LOCKED
   10. THE WATER GIVER
   11. THE FLICKER BOX
   12. STUCK
   13. FLOWERS
   14. BLOWING SMOKE
   15. NONSTOP
   16. MOON-TIME TERRORS
   17. UNWELCOME
   18. GAMAL’S GRIEF
   19. TANTRUM
   20. MISS SABINE
   21. WANT
   22. KNOWING
   23. THE RED PENCIL
   24. PARTING GLANCE
   25. STRAIGHT AND SHINY
   26. BLOCKED
   27. OLD ANWAR’S LAMENT
   28. WIFE
   29. INSIDE THE FLICKER BOX
   30. STIRRING A POT
   31. NEEDLE NOSES
   32. SESAME OIL
   33. QUESTIONS
   34. NEW NEIGHBOR
   35. WITHERING
   36. SAD-QUIET
   37. FENCES
   38. NO BLUE BOUNDARIES
   39. AWAKENED
   40. DRENCHED
   41. LISTENING
   42. FREEING MUMA
   43. RELEASE
   44. HEALING
   45. COULD IT BE?
   46. ROAR!
   47. ERASE
   48. SWEET INVITATION
   49. TO…
   50. MY A
   51. MATHEMATICS
   52. FUNNY BUGS
   53. FAVORITE
   54. POPULATION
   55. BUTTERFLIES
   56. CNN
   57. SURPRISE
   58. BUSHY BUNDLE
   59. THE FUTURE
   60. MINE
   61. SOUP-CAN SOCCER
   62. BRUSHING DUST
   63. HANDLEBAR HAPPY!
   64. RED-EYED ROBBER
   65. NEW FAMILY PICTURES
   66. LOVE
   67. GUZZLING
   68. FANTA FLUTE
   69. HALIMA, PROFILE
   70. I WISH
   71. LEAP
   72. ANTHILL
   73. ENVY
   74. TUG-OF-WAR
   75. OPINIONS
   76. MUMA BLOOMING
   77. TALKING TO SAYIDDA MOON
   78. POSSIBILITIES
   79. DIRECTIONS
   80. SUDANESE FLOWERS, REBORN
   81. BURSTING
   82. I AM
   83. UP, UP, ME
   84. THIRST RETURNS
   85. FLY OR DIE
   86. NIGHTMARE
   87. DUMB DONKEY
   88. LOOMING
   89. CNN DAYDREAM
   90. PROMISES
   91. SISTER-TO-SISTER
   92. GOOD-BYE GIFTS
   93. NOW
   94. ITCHY DOUBT
   95. DANDO BRIGHT!
   96. PRAY, WAIT
   97. HEDGEHOG ESCAPE
   98. QUICKENED
   99. THE TRUTH
   100. WE
   101. FLIGHT
8. AUTHOR’S NOTE
9. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
10. GLOSSARY/PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
11. CHARACTER/LOCATION PRONUNCIATIONS
12. IMPORTANT TERMS THAT APPEAR IN THIS BOOK
13. DISCUSSION GUIDE
14. A SNEAK PEEK OF BIRD IN A BOX
15. ALSO BY ANDREA DAVIS PINKNEY
16. PRAISE FOR THE RED PENCIL
17. ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR
18. COPYRIGHT