Her own two feet : a Rwandan girl's brave fight to walk /
Davis, Meredith 1971-
Her own two feet : a Rwandan girl's brave fight to walk / Meredith Davis and Rebeka Uwitonze. - First edition. - 199 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Part one: Rwanda -- Part two: America -- Part three: Rwanda -- Glossary.
"Through her eyes, the moving story of a young Rwandan girl born with clubfeet and the risk she takes for the chance to walk on the bottoms of her feet for the first time. Rebeka Uwitonze was born in Rwanda with curled and twisted feet, which meant she had to crawl or be carried to get around. At nine years old, she gets an offer that could change her life. A doctor in the US might be able to turn her feet. But it means leaving her own family behind and going to America on her own"--
Age 8-12.
9781338356373 1338356372
2018041523
Uwitonze, Rebeka--Juvenile literature.
Clubfoot--Treatment--Juvenile literature.
Children with disabilities--Rwanda--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Illustrated works.
Her own two feet : a Rwandan girl's brave fight to walk / Meredith Davis and Rebeka Uwitonze. - First edition. - 199 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Part one: Rwanda -- Part two: America -- Part three: Rwanda -- Glossary.
"Through her eyes, the moving story of a young Rwandan girl born with clubfeet and the risk she takes for the chance to walk on the bottoms of her feet for the first time. Rebeka Uwitonze was born in Rwanda with curled and twisted feet, which meant she had to crawl or be carried to get around. At nine years old, she gets an offer that could change her life. A doctor in the US might be able to turn her feet. But it means leaving her own family behind and going to America on her own"--
Age 8-12.
9781338356373 1338356372
2018041523
Uwitonze, Rebeka--Juvenile literature.
Clubfoot--Treatment--Juvenile literature.
Children with disabilities--Rwanda--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Illustrated works.